HL Deb 24 July 1978 vol 395 c769WA
The Earl of KIMBERLEY

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether the USAF will operate their KC-135s out of Fairford to the standard of British Civil Airworthiness Requirements, which specify a 3 per cent. rate of climb for one engine out on the WAT limit.

Lord WINTERBOTTOM

At the normal take-off weight at which the USAF will operate the KC-135 in peacetime, the aircraft will achieve a gradient of climb singificantly better than the British Civil Airworthiness Requirements in all segments of the take-off flight path.