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FLIGHT, 5 October 1961 557 (7) Straight and Level LAMBETH Council has protestedto the Minister against theproposed Nine Elms heliport site, and has made "the strongest possible representations" to the Minis- ter. The Council say that too many people will be made to suffer from noise for the rest of their lives, and to prove their point they divide the Nine Elms area into two zones—an "intolerable" noise zone and an "unpleasant" noise zone equivalent to Kingsway, London, • I don't know whether anyone has ever counted up the number of Britons who, since 1215, have fought and died in the cause of freedom from tyranny, etc., etc. I read in the newspaper the other day that Miss Olivia Poulton, aged 61, has made 160 telephone calls to London Airport to complain about the noise of jet aircraft flying over her home in Richmond. Now there is nothing in the statute book of England which gives Shoulders back there, chin up! All very well for these Navy types to lean into wind, or for that sub-lieutenant to sit talking with the civvy, but it isn't good enough for the Royal Marines. (Wonder what those paddles are for, on top; and why is the engine all open like that?) at rush hour . . . Once again we stop the mighty roar of London's traffic to bring you some of the interesting people who are ob- jecting against noise in In Town Tonight. [Sounds of taxis hooting, traffic roaring, pneumatic drills, etc.] "Good evening, Councillor. Will you say a few words please on why you think helicopters in Nine Elms would be too noisy?" [Sounds of pneumatic drills grow louder.] "I said, Councillor, WOULD YOU PLEASE SAY A FEW WORDS ON WHY YOU THINK HELICOPTERS . . . [Sounds of pneumatic drills grow louder still.] "I'm sorry to have to shout like this, Councillor, but the NOISE . . . [Sounds of pneumatic drills die away momentarily.] "What's that, Councillor? We're in the intolerable noise zone? Oh! I thought we were only in the unpleasant noise zone. My mistake. I'm terribly sorry." [Councillor suddenly catches sight of Westland Widgeon on its way to Batter- sea Heliport. Shakes his fist at it in rage.] Miss Poulton, or any other sufferer from jet noise, any rights whatsoever in this matter. Of course, if Miss Poulton, let us say, drives a frightfully noisy motor bike round and round the office of the chairman of an airline which operates jets from Heathrow, he can bring an action against her for causing a nuisance. That's the law. Fair enough? Not quite. Miss Poulton can be prosecuted for causing a nuisance by telephoning the airport so much. A letter to her from Mr C. Benjamin, assistant private secretary to the Minister of Aviation, tells her that her stated intention to continue her complaints "might bring you into conflict with the Post Office Act, 1953, under Section 66G in which it is, we are advised, an offence to make telephone calls without reasonable cause for the purpose of causing annoyance and inconvenience or needless anxiety to another person.'" That's the law. Which in this case, it seems to me, is a different thing from justice. • From a news-agency report: "The Minister saw one of the P. 1127 prototypes take off vertically and fly as a conventional aircraft. "Tje secpmd rptp'tue was also demonstrated doing conventional high speed flying and aerobatics." Pressed for information, a Hawker Siddeley spokesman said: "Our lips are slded'adsld." • One of the cornerstones of BOAC's appeal against Cunard Eagle's North Atlantic licence was new evidence about this season's unexpected decline in North Atlantic traffic growth. The decline was serious, especiallyso because BOAC and other carriers put on such a huge increase in capacity. But the fortunes of air transport, as Sir William Hildred of 1ATA once said, are like a child's temperature—quickly up and quickly down. If BOAC's appeal succeeds, and next season there is a tremendous boom on the North Atlantic, what then? The decisions of the Licensing Board, we must hope, are made of stuff too substantial to be blown away by capricious air traffic trade winds. • From a staff sports report: "Mrs Doaks won the rolling-pin throwing contest with a record break- ing 78 feet. Mr Doaks won the 100-yards sprint." —Trans-Australian Airlines magazine. • Overheard in the bar of the Air Power Club: "My dear Molesworth, everyone in this business is a liar. Does that dis- illusion you? Have another drink." "Are you a liar sir?" "My dear boy, of course. 1 lie constantly. The trouble is that other people believe the lies they tell. I haven't reached that stage yet." ROGER BACON FEETNOTE. Feet on left: "My word, you are looking smart." Feet on right (panting a little after breathless dash in rain across tarmac): "I didn't realize we had a date with the photographer. Whose feet are yours ?" "Godfrey Auty's, Bristol's chief test pilot. We're just going to fly the Bulldog. Whose are yours ?" "S/Ldr R. J. F. Dickenson's, RAF. We're just going to fly the Hurricane.'
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