§ Mr. Skeetasked the Minister of Aviation Supply how many complaints he has received from residents at Stansted about training flights where it was stated that the pilots exceeded the allotted hours or flew after 11 p.m.; and if it is proposed that training flights to be made at Thurleigh should include substantial overflying of the airfield, low-level approaches without touchdowns, and courses encircling the field within a five-mile radius.
§ Mr. David PriceNo such complaints about training flights have come to this Department or, I understand, to the airport.
206WAbout one in five of the training flights to be made at Thurleigh is planned as a circuit or approach not involving touchdown. Because of the East-West alignment of the runway, training flights may extend to about 10 miles in an easterly direction and occasionally to the West. In the north-south direction aircraft will normally fly at a distance of more than five miles from the field. All flights will continue to be arranged to avoid the more heavily-populated areas wherever possible.