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“TERRACE HERALD, TERRACE, B,C,

By JOE CUNNINGHAM | "
Don't drop a dime at Terrace Airport, CPA's
new Boeing’ 737 jet will probably land on it.

_ That's the impression 1 got Tuesday when the |
new jet was brought to Terrace to check out

_ the probléms of thel landing strip and approaches,

” On board were'a load of CPA ‘rasa, inclu

ing Chief Pitot Captain W.X. Roxboroug

The tangerine-colored jet circled slowly once.

aver’ the air strip, then touched down on the icy
runway. .

_ It was too far away to measure the: feet,
bet would you belleve it took a quarter of the
available runway t halt,

“Reéxborough, | “who called the Boeing’ 297 a

“tiovely airplane’’ said the very short landing —

was made as _part of testing Tocal Conditions.

“What happens when the jets start making daily
runs between Vancouver and Terrace’ January
15?"

“We're expecting no problems,” Roxborough
sald,

The “no problems”? dite overlook fytiig con-
ditions peculiar to’ Terrace airport. In this

> Tow.

- Imots through the air and’ B, landing speed of

. “much really very modern eduipment.”.

fights in purope. Aone, 1968, and in the

SQUATSTYLE BOEING '737 JET TO BE USED ON CP AIR’S TERRACE-VANCOUVER RUN JANUARY 15.

Terrace Airport landing easy | |
Big jet can land: on a dime

" present - Dees whieh fy the daily service
The Boeing ket lands ‘and takes off ‘in n about
the same space as the DC6é’s,

‘Jets fly at about twice the speed, but, ac-
cording to Roxborough, can cut speed to 140

120 knots.
According to Roxborough, they also carry
In his estimate, where the DC6’s can go in,

the jets can 59 in.

" “All you have to do up here is get rid of

your weather and your mountains ‘and you'd

have no problems at all,’’ he said.

The jets ‘carry 107 passengers and the seats

are the same as those used on CPA intern ;

tonal flights, ;

_ There’s more comfort and more leg room.
The 737. cruises. at 525 miles per hour. at
25,000 feet = it can go to 35,000 if needed.

The’ new: ageing planes’ started commereial

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US in Apel

VANCOUVER (CP) — A pilot
uty by 8 psychologist appears

to challenge the notion that al-
cohol impaira a driver's judg-

Dr. GN. Hobson. of: Untver-
sity of Victoria tested 12. men,
Each handled seven: test. tasks:
— first while sober, the secorid
with & blood-alcohol level of .05
Per cent and the third time with.
08 per. cent. The 08-per=cent:
level is often recognized as im:
pairment. © .

Dr. Hobson reported ina pub-
lication of the Alcoholism Founs

each subject was asked to judge
the speed of a-car, on film, and
say how confident he was in his
‘ estimate, .

Dr. Hobson said he was ‘sure
prised; all performed well inthis
and three other tests, includ-
ing judging distance. But they
performed poorly, after drink.
ing, in line-walking and time-jud-
gment tests,

eee
He reported:
“Many people conduct them-
selves well within the Umits of
social acceptance when uner the
influence, presumably due to an
ability to-over-compensaté due
{to past experience,

- Doctor ponders ©
booze effects
on. motorists.

ment, but the psychologist con- |i
codes the: study has raised. more |" a|
judgments are the sort.of thing

dation. of British. Columbia‘ that |:

“Similarly, . many “persons
drive cars without, {noident -or’
aceldent when mildly Intondteated

that. this” Is to .be tex

"in other ‘words. the 's

peed

we do everyday. Lne-walking, on
the other hand,:{s something one
never practicesi’*

le--also --found. that. “Sogard-
less. of the task involved, or. the
dose of aleghol; the subjects 1
matried . thronghout congeryative
in their evaluation of: ‘How welt
‘| they could perform.’ :'

The’. Alcoholiam: ‘Foundation
said tlie- study could not be con
sidered ° sctentific’ ‘evidence,
“Most of the work done upto now,
has shown that one of the. first
things that goes”. oe ia the dudg-
ment factor.”. .

Conceded . Dr.: Hobson: A
this. study has done fs raisemore
problems than it has answered,
We'll have to get.many more sub-
jects and we'll have ‘to think of

oS oo > the appointment of

more and better tests to use,’*:

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