§ Mr. Warrenasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if Concorde already meets the noise level requirements for operations into and out of the John F. Kennedy International Airport at New York.
§ Mr. Michael HeseltineThe noise characteristics of the production standard Concorde are still being investigated.
§ Mr. Warrenasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the location of the Concorde flight simulator in this country.
§ Mr. Michael HeseltineUnder the arrangements currently being considered the Concorde simulator would be situated at BAC's Filton factory.
§ Mr. Warrenasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will give a comparison between the estimated costs of the work on Concorde given on 29th November, 1962 to cover research, development and production tooling and the actual costs so far incurred plus the estimates to completion, on the same items, all at 1962 prices.
§ Mr. Michael HeseltineThe information is as follows:—
£M at 1962 economic conditions Estimated costs on 29.11.62 150–170 Actual costs incurred up to 30.9.73 460 Estimated costs for remaining programme from 1.10.73 120
§ Mr. Warrenasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will give the reasons for the six months' delay in the Concorde airworthiness certification programme.
§ Mr. Michael HeseltineIn any project of the technical sophistication of Concorde there is a continuing review of the work necessary to complete development. Their most recent reappraisal of the outstanding tasks has led the manufacturers to revise their forecast for a certification of airworthiness to early 1975.
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§ Mr. Warrenasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the relevant experience of each of the United Kingdom and French contenders for the Concorde flight simulator contract, giving the total number of simulators made by each company and the aircraft types which they represent.
§ Mr. OnslowArrangements are being discussed for the British simulator manufacturers, Link-Miles and Redifon, to supply jointly a flight simulator to the British Aircraft Corporation. There is no French contender for this contract. The orders for civil airline simulators received by the United Kingdom manufacturers of the Concorde simulator since 1967 are as follows:
Boeing 747 2 Douglas DC 10 8 Lockheed 10–11 3 Boeing 707 6 Boeing 727 4 Boeing 737 7 HSA Trident 2 HSA 748 1 Douglas DC9 2 BAC 1–11 2 37