Helicopters

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Ministry of Defence – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 10 June 1964.

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Photo of Hon. Grenville Howard Hon. Grenville Howard , St Ives 12:00, 10 June 1964

Would my right hon. Friend, while looking at that point, agree that where we have a Mark V helicopter which has a folding tail unit and can therefore be struck down below, this is obviously far better, because the type of helicopter required for commando-carrying and for the Air Force is exactly the same, and it might be difficult to do rotor tolerance maintenance on the flight deck? Will my right hon. Friend have a serious look at this to see if we cannot standardise these two types?