26 OCTOBER 1951, Page 4

I have not invited suggested alternatives for the more or

less officially approved " airstop," as name for a–helicopter landing- ground, but one- or two have been volunteered. One is " hover- stop," the other " hoverground." I like the latter better than the former, but the exclusion of " port " seems to me arbitrary. At the week-end I observed a notice " City Airport," showing the way to an aerodrome never concerned with international traffic at all ; but it has been " airport " all its life. But suppose a new Minister of Civil Aviation comes along who doesn't like " airstop " ?

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