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“16 January 1957
Secondly, on positioning of the eircraft, if the aircraft had its own posttioning system, then reflectors or something like that on the island would
be satisfactory
I then asked him ebout their requirement for an airstrip,
for safety reasons. He said that with the smaller sircreft ruled out because of their range, he could see no requirement at this time, as far as
they were concerned.
‘They vould not support en airstrip simply from the
safety factor.
_ EUCKE:
While it's not in his field, exactly, I talked to Parsons about it this
morning, and that was his answer on the thing, too.
GATTIS:
Safety, of course, es a factor, can be built up whichever wey you chocse.
Tf ve need it to support ea requirement for en airstrip, I'm sure it could
be included as a factor in requesting an airstrip.
SANDERS: Coulé ve bring a C-L7 over there?
GATTIS:
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It's within range.
GISSINS; Well, we should gct beck to seeing if we can arrive et some logical sequence
of events.
FELT:
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Yes, but I don't know quite where to start on it.
GIBBINS: Suppose you start with the idea of having to consider each one of the three
categories you've listed, by answering the question of what happens with
wejor stations azhore and without major stations ashore.
FELT:
Alright, there are a lot of things that one can write down regarding stations
ashore.
Is there anything that hes to be ashore?
We can start writing thing
down ené then discuss whether they ere necessary or not.
It was decided thet three general situations could be listed and that the
remainder of the session should be devoted to a discussion of the implicetions
of each of these situations.
(a)
The situations are:
Three sites available in the EPG.
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