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  1. San Diego air collision (1978)

    Genre
    News report

    Report on a mid-air collision between a Boeing 727 and a two-seater plane in San Diego, California in September 1978.

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  2. Decline of Rolls Royce Aero (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with businessman Freddie Laker, on the possible demise of the Rolls Royce RB211 engine. He says if the Americans stop buying it, the Rolls Royce Aero engine will go bust and that the British...

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  3. Alastair Pugh on Braniff Airways (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Chief Executive of British Caledonian Airways, Alastair Pugh on the tactics used by the United States in relation to the discount air fares issue. Male interviewer not identified.

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  4. Paul Warren Wilson’s round-the-world flight attempt (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Paul Warren Wilson discusses his planned flight around the world in a single-engined plane. He explains the route and the possible problems that the crew could face, as well as the funding behind the trip....

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  5. Increased demand for airports (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Conservative MP, Alan Haselhurst describes proposals for British airports. Ideas include an increase in the size of Stansted Airport, and making ex-military airfields into working commercial airports....

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  6. British aircraft industry (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Ken Gill, general secretary of the Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Section of the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers (TASS) believes Britain is too weak in the aerospace industry, and...

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  7. Adam Thomson on transatlantic air travel (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Adam Thomson, Chairman of British Caledonian Airways, who explains (in the context of a possible US ban on BC flights to Houston) that Houston is a booming part of the United States and that...

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  8. Harding L. Lawrence opinion on air fares issue (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Harding L. Lawrence, head of Braniff Airways, on friction between the British and the Americans in relation to cut-price air fares. Male interviewer not identified.

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  9. Jimmy Carter on air fares (1978)

    Genre
    News report; Press conference; Interview

    Report on US President Jimmy Carter’s response to the air fair issue between British and US airlines. Seaboard World Airlines spokesperson Steve Moran discusses their proposal to offer the cheapest route...

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  10. Jere Cox on unfair treatment of British airlines (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Jere Cox, Director of Braniff Airways, believes the British Government to be discriminating against the people of the South Western United States and the British public, by not approving proposed air fares....

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