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Oct. 10, 1971 - Pilots In Foulness Clash: A claim that pilots would refuse to use a third London airport at Foulness because of the danger from bird migration resulted in a clash between representatives of families opposing the siting of the airport and the British Airline Pilots Association yesterday. Mr. Gordon Hurley, spokesman for the pilots association, said there was no question that pilots might refuse to operate from the airport. We are angry with the Defenders of Essex for suggesting this. Mr. Derrick Wood, chairman of the Defenders of Essex, which represents more than 5, 000 families, had told a rally at Southend, that in conjunction with the association he was making a statement expressing the pilots deep concern over the safety of the new airport. This was not only the problem of bird strikes from the large colonies of wild birds, but also the risk that their migration routes might affect delicate radar and instrument landing systems. Photo shows At Southend, a few miles away from Foulness, Mr. Braine, Conservative MP for S.E. Essex, stressing the need for keeping the island strictly for the birds

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