Hundreds protest against Concorde

Press, 24 May 1977, Page 9

Hundreds protest against Concorde

NZPA-Reuter New York

I New Yorkers campaigning against landing rights for the supersonic Concorde airliner have driven almost 500 cars to Kennedy Airport, jamming approach roads and delaying air passengers by at least two horus. In the latest of a series of protests against the AngloFrench Concorde, which will probably schedule flights next month, demonstrators drove around the airport at a crawl. There were no reports of arrests as policemen with helicopters and two trucks kept watch on the demonstration. The protesters, who

had said that the demonstra-j tion would be the biggest: yet, also assembled about 30'. small boats in Jamaica Bay] alongside the airport. Mr Brian Levinson, a! leader of one of the anti-) Concorde groups, said such demonstrations could be-1 come a regular event if Con-] corde was not banned from: Kennedy Airport. Air France and British Airways hope to begin regu-| lar Concorde sendees oni June 20. Since a judge overturned] the New York ban on the] aircraft Air France has announced plans for a Con-1 corde test flight into Ken-1 nedy on May 31.