§ 39. Mr. John H. Osbornasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many low-level training flights have been made this year over the Sheffield Peak Park-Kinder Scout area; how this figure compares with the previous year; and what steps are being taken specifically to avoid gliders in the Hucklow area.
§ Mr. WellbelovedIt is impossible without disproportionate effort to say precisely how many low level training flights have been made over the Sheffield Peak Park-Kinder Scout area, but 720 such flights were made during the first three months of this year over the Peak District National Park. During the same period of 1975 556 flights were made. Pilots 125W are instructed to avoid flying at low level within two nautical miles of Camphill, the centre of gliding activity in the Hucklow area.