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Mr. A. Royle
asked the Minister of Aviation what steps he is taking to obtain international agreement for raising the angle of the glide path into London Airport.
Mr. Roy Jenkins
Approach angles greater than 3 degrees lead to handling difficulties with modern jet aircraft and I am therefore satisfied that no change should be made to the recommendations of the International Civil Aviation Organisation that glide paths should only be set above 3 degrees when it would otherwise be impracticable to meet the obstruction clearance requirements.