Abstract :
Towards the end of 1948 the decision was taken by the Ministry of Civil Aviation to provide a system of ¿airways¿ over the United Kingdom as a means of promoting a high standard of safety and regularity in civil aviation operations. These ¿airways¿ are now in operation. and are in continuous use by aircraft of all types and nationalities, flying on both internal and external routes. Pilots of aircraft electing to fly along these ¿airways¿ are assured of free air-space and expeditious handling in the terminal area. The purpose o1 this paper is to describe the work carried out during the last two-and-a-half years in planning, instaffing, and bringing into operation the telecommunications facilities which has made possible this control of aircraft in ¿airways.¿
