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ftfGH international, 27 April 1967 680a Straight and Level BRITAIN AND FRANCE have definitelydecided to go ahead with theAFVG, reports Nigel Ruddyheck, our variable-geometry correspondent. This was agreed in Paris at a secret meet- ing yesterday between the British and French Ministers, who agreed to change the specification from an AFVG to an ATTP—an Anglo-French Trouser Press. At a non-attributable meeting after- wards a jubilant Mr Denis Healey said that there was a pressing need for trouser presses by the officers of both countries' air forces, and that this ad- vanced-technology trouser press would be the core, pips and stalk of our long- term trouser-press programme. The French agreed with this, he said, except that they wanted an electric lawn-mower. Off-the-record and definitely not for quoting or attribution, the agreement is regarded as a great political triumph for Mr Healey, said Mr Healey yesterday with a jubilant, non-attributable smile. Impervious to rain, cold, heat, pressure, force, impact or hurricane. Wind Tunnet tested at British Aircraft Corporation at 103 miles per hour and stilt secure on the Kid (on llth October, 1H6)—officially confirmed by I.A.C. From an advertisement on baldness in the "Daily Mail," April 10 • Los Angeles, Wednesday.—British European Airways have today applied to the US Civil Aeronautics Board for an increase in the Los Angeles-San Fran- cisco fare from the present £5 ($14) to £10 ($28). In their submission BEA argue that a fare of just less than £5 on a route the same length as London-Glasgow, for which BEA charge £9 and now want to charge £1 more, is "acutely embarras- sing" even allowing for the difference in real money values. Let's see now—what can this be? The powerplant and payload car of a non-rigid airship that can be used for aerial advertising? Good guess?. . . • Straight and Level Next Week—a History of the Airbus Meetings in full colour, compiled exclusively for Straight and Level by Sir Neddy Chairborne, chairman of the Airbus Committee 1961- 1967. Sir Neddy recounts in vivid style the drama of each meeting to date, in- cluding one at which no fewer than 127 officials were present, and another at which the possibility of inviting Albanian participation was studied. The author describes in detail the massive logistic problems of producing the minutes of these meetings and of preparing afternoon tea and biscuits for the British delegates. Illustrated with a Flight engineering cutaway drawing of an Airbus meeting. •••yes indeed—a very good guess! All we need now is an advertiser '"hp ART °' '?29' built by the AirshifluPevelopment Co at Cramlrngton inu eng'ne> •' was intended for suctrwork as aerial advertising, forestry i a^6'' Wor'c where flora or geological strata had to be examined closely,re ora Cumberland. Powered by y inspection, fishery control, closely, so there. The scoop was ARTICLES FOR SALE SPEY ENGINES, immediate delivery, Cash Only,no questions, delivered in Plain Wrappers. Write to Ron Haddock, Aero Dealers Ltd, Potters Bar.Strict Confidence Observed. • Aviation is again setting the pace in some other field—this time, if inglori- ously, in Government contracts. The two bodies most influencing the CBI's policy here are the SBAC and the EEA. Aviation decides defence; it sets the pace in transport; it is the spearhead of technology and of communications; it is leading Britain into Europe; it is revolutionising travel and leisure; it has completely transformed diplomacy; etc., etc. In short, if we can get our control of aviation right, we can handle anything. In fact aviation is so important that it ought to have a Government department to itself. Let's see now—how about a Ministry of Aviation? • Everyone is now getting excited about "post-costing," which gives the Government the right after a contract is completed to see how it worked out Surely the argument should not be concentrated on post-costing, but on pre- costing? • Overheard at Rolls-Royce Derby: — "This is our new £2 million computer MAGPIE." —"What does MAGPIE stand for?" "Machine Automatically Generating Paper Instead of Engines." ROGER BACON
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