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1919
1919 - 0567.PDF
MAY, I, 1919 CIVIL HIS AVIATION AND THE AIR ROUTES OF GREAT BRITAIN THE Air Ministry makes the following announcement :— As was announced by the Under-Secretary of State for Air in the House of Commons on April 14, the ban on civil avia tion is to be raised on May 1, and the Order containing the various regulations which will control it will be signed on that date. There must ensue a period during which regulations are being studied and applications are being made by firms and private individuals for the licensing of pilots and aero dromes, and the licensing and registration of aircraft. To give all the assistance possible beforehand to those in tending to take advantage of whatever facilities are offered by the Government, certain details of some of the aerial routes of Great Britain which it is proposed to declare open to civilian aviation, are now made public. These routes are shown on the attached map. It must, however, be emphasised that they are provisional, for practical experience alone can show if all the air stations selected are rightly placed, and whether the proposed air track or route does not in some cases lie too far off certain large centres of population and in - dustry. Uncertainty on these points is, for the moment, unavoidable. Selection and decision has been limited bv existing conditions. Certain aerodromes are in being, and in order to start civil flying as soon as possible and also for the sake of economy, it is necessary to make use of what already exists. Whatever may eventually be the demand for additional or new aerodromes, it can be ascertained only after trial. Existing Facilities On November 11, when the Armistice was signed, there were in Great Britain and Ireland 337 aerodromes and land ing-grounds (a landing-ground being, for practical purposes,
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