Sailplane & Gliding 1963 - Lakes Gliding Club

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and thus the statistical risk of collision is fantastically, unbelievably, incredibly low. Just to put this in perspective, the last published U.K. Civil Air Census showed a grand total of six (yes, six) civil aircraft under Air Traffic Control above 10,000 ft. over the whole of the United Kingdom. There were, incidentally, a further seven below 10,000 ft., giving a grand total of 13, and this was at 11.00 G.M.T., which is about the peak how'. At low levels the main threat is a proliferation of control zones wund unimportant airfields with negligible traffic, a perfect example or which is the Lyneham nonsense. In addition, there is the westward extension of the London T.M.A. which has been th'l"eatening for a couple of years but now looks unlikely for a further one to two years. When and if it does come, it may not be as disastrous as one might expect, as current proposals cover an area little used by glider pilots at present. There is one other item in the future which ,is most important: it is something we can all do something about, and that is to engender favourable public opinion. It is most important that the general public has an impression of a wellorganised responsible glidjng movement, and also that they become aware that the air above this country is not, as the popular press would have them believe, filled with multitudinous aeroplanes in imminent risk of collision, but is in fact empty almost beyond belief. How to build the image of reSPQnsibility needs no guidance, but to put over the emptiness of airspace it might help to remember that civil aircraft under control over the U.K. have, on average, more than 30,000 cubic miles of airspace each. This is not to say that at peak periods and in high density areas they are not closer together, but it does give an idea of the sparseness. Another interesting statistic is the peak density so far reported in the London T.M.A. : this was on an August Bank Holiday Saturday when there were 18 aircraft simultane~ ously in the area: since t-here are at least 22 flight levels in the T.M.A. this means that each aircraft had the equivalent of the entire area of the T.M.A. (about 1,000 square miles) to itself. Sanity must prevail - the question is, when. H. C. N. GOODHART, Chairman. Write to: Dept. SG.. trYing Air Chute oIG.B. Ltd., Letchworth. Herts. 81
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IT'S ALL YOURS I am sometimes as:ke
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Club Statistics for 1962. (continue
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CORRESPON DENCE Dear Sir, I was gre
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a large membership and the hospital
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CLUB NEWS I do not think I can do b
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free;ze on the slant due to his sli
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inability of visitors to fly at Las
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