J3-H-29 a 16 January 1957 Secondly, on positioning of the airereft, if the aircraft had its own positioning system. then reflectors or something like that on the island would be satisfactory JI then asked him about their requirement for an airstrip, for safety reasons. He said that with the smaller aircraft ruled out be- cause of their range, he could see no requirement at this time, as far as they were concerned They would not support an airstrip simply from the safety factor. LOCKE: 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, as a factor, can be built up whichever way you choose. If we need it to support a requirement for an airstrip, I'm sure it could be included as a factor in requesting an airstrip. SANDERS: Could we bring a C-47 over there? GATTIS; It's within range. GIBBINS: Well, we should get back to seeing if we can arrive at some logical sequence of evente. PELT: Yes, but I don't know quite where to start on it. GIBBINS: Suppose you atart with the idea of having to consider each one of the three categories you've listed, by answering the question of what happens with major stations ashore and without major stations ashore. FELT: Alright, there are a lot of things that one can vrite down regarding stations ashore. Is there anything that has to be ashore? We can start writing thing down and then discuss whether they are necescary or not. It was decided that three general situations could be listed and that the remainder of the session should be devoted to a discussion of the implications of each of these situations. (a) 500g 714 The situations are: Three sites available in the EPG. —_—