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)m& MAY 8, 1919 CIVIL AVIATION THE Air Ministry makes the following announcement :•— 1. The official Air Navigation Regulations (printed below) apply to the United Kingdom only. They do not permit of civil aircraft flying from England across the Channel to any foreign country, and are not applicable else where than in the United Kingdom. Overseas civil flying will not be possible until the International Regulations for the Control of Aviation are published. 2. The regulations dealing with airship and balloon pilots are not yet completed. 3. The air routes and aerodromes so far selected are necessarily tentative, and their permanent retention depends on the value of this newly inaugurated system justifying the cost of maintenance. This consideration accounts for the fact that at present only two official aerodromes in Scotland are included in the list and none in Wales. With the growth of civil aviation and the increasing output of aircraft it may be desirable to open up fresh aerodromes. 4. Prohibited Areas.—The list of area? over which flying is prohibited given in Schedule 6 of the Air Navigation Regulations was drawn up to meet war needs, and will remain in force pending the conclusion of peace, when it is hoped that they will be much reduced. A further announcement on the subject will be made in due course. 5. Accommodation at Aerodromes.—At each aerodrome, mentioned in the list published on April 25, a hut. or part of a hut will be placed at the disposal of civilian aviators as an information bureau, and an officer will be detailed to give information and render every assistance to those requiring it. Information as to the cost of petrol, oil, etc., will be posted up inside the hut, and it is hoped that a regular service of meteorological bulletins and other useful information will shortly be available. These huts will be clearly marked with the letters C.A.T.O. (Civilian Aviation Transport Office). 6. Owing to the shortage of labour and other causes it has been found impossible to equip certain of the specified aerodromes with suitable accommodation for machines by May 1. 7. Inspection of Aircraft at Aerodromes.--It will be noted that a necessary part of the aerodromes management is the provision of licensed ground engineers. As there has not yet been time for firms to provide these, the A.I.D. has been called upon, as a temporary measure, to provide a certain number of skilled personnel to assist. It must be remembered, also, that it is only from aerodromes where licensed ground engineers are located that aeroplanes can start. 8. Military Markings.—The bulk of machines which will at first take part in civil flying, having been built as Service machines, are marked with red, white and blue rings, and bear Government numbers. The existing Government numbers will be allotted to these machines as temporary registration marks. When permanent marks are allotted the old registration numbers must be erased and the new permanent marks put on within 14 days of allotment. Owners of aircraft upon which the service ring markings are painted must obliterate them. 9. Petrol and Oil.—Petrol, oil and small spare parts, such as sparking plugs, etc., will be purchasable. The following retail prices have been fixed :— Per gallon s. d.. Aviation petrol, exclusive of tin, .. .. .. 3 5J Castrol oil " R " lubricating oil, inclusive of tin .. 10 3" Oil, mineral, thick and thin, inclusive of tin .. .. 48 Castor oil, pure pharmaceutical, inclusive of tin .. 7 11 Castor oil, treated, inclusive of tin .. .. .. 81 10. Accidents.—Accidents to all aircraft other than those of a minor nature must be immediately notified by telegram to the Air Ministry (Accidents, " Estrand," London), with a view to preliminary enquiry into the nature of the accident. This notification will be made by owners, their representatives, or the Civil Authority. The Air Ministry will then decide whether detailed investigation is required. Until the decision of the Air Ministry has been given the wreckage of any machine to which an accident has occurred must not be disturbed. A formal release for the removal of the wreck age will be given by the Air Ministry. 11. All applications for licenses of every class, aerodromes, air-worthiness of machines, pilots, ground engineers, etc., should be addressed to the Air Ministry (C.G.C.A.). AIR NAVIGATION REGULATIONS THE following was published in a supplement to the London Gatette on April 30 :— Order of the Secretary of State under the Air Navigation Acts, 1911 to 1919. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon me by the Air Navigation Acts, 1911 to 1919, and all other powers enabling me in that behalf, I, the Right Honourable Winston Spencer Churchill, one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, by order make the following regulations :—' General Conditions of Flying 1. No aircraft shall fly within the limits of the British Islands and the territorial waters adjacent thereto unless the following conditions are com plied with :— (t) The aircraft shall be registered in the prescribed manner : (2) The aircraft shall bear the prescribed registration and nationality marks, affixed or painted on the aircraft in the prescribed manner : (3) The personnel of the aircraft shall be licensed in the prescribed manner : (4) There shall be carried in the aircraft—(o) the certificate of registration ; and (6) the licence of any member of the personnel who is required to be licensed : (5) The provisions of these regulations as to general safety, and the rules as to lights and signals and rules of the air, as set out in these regulations, shall be duly complied with : (6) No mails shall be carried without the consent in writing of the Post master-General, and no wireless apparatus shall be installed or worked except under and in accordance with a licence granted by the Postmaster-General, containing such conditions as may be approved by the Secretary of State : (7) The aircraft shall not fly over any prohibited area as defined by these regulations : Provided that—(a) the requirements of this regulation as to registration and as to the bearing of registration and nationality marks, shall not apply to aircraft built for the purpose of experiment, and flown for the purpose of experiment or test only, within 3 miles of an aerodrome or aircraft factory or in accordance with such directions (if any) as may be given by the Secretary of State ; and (b) the requirements of this regulation as to licensing of per sonnel shall not apply within the precincts of an aerodrome in the case of personnel under instruction or of aircraft flying for experimental purposes. Additional Conditions in Certain Cases 2. Without prejudice to the last foregoing regulation— (1) A passenger aircraft carrying passengers shall not.—(a) fly within the limits aforesaid unless it has been certified in the prescribed manner as air worthy, and the prescribed conditions as to airworthiness, periodical over haul, and examination before each flight are complied with, and all the prescribed certificates in relation to airworthiness are carried in the aircraft; or (6) use as a regular place of departure or place of landing any place other than a licensed aerodrome, or a R.A.F. aerodrome or aerodrome under the control of the Secretary of State approved for the purpose by the Secretary of State : (2) A passenger or goods aircraft shall not fly within the limits aforesaid unless there are carried in the aircraft the prescribed log books, accurately kept up to date in the prescribed form and manner : (3) An aircraft arriving in or departing from the United Kingdom shall comply with the provisions of these regulations applicable to such a case. Reference to Schedules 3.—(i) The provisions in the schedules to these regulations shall have effect as part of these regulations, and shall be duly observed by all persons concerned in the cases' to which they relate, that is to say :— Schedule Subject matter I Registration of aircraft. II Licensing of personnel. III Certificates of airworthiness for passenger aircraft, and periodical overhaul and examination of such aircraft. IV Registration and nationality marks. V Log books. VI Prohibited areas. VII Rules as to lights and signals and rules of the air. VIII Rules as to aircraft arriving in or departing from the United Kingdom. (2) The Secretary of State may, if he thinks fit, issue directions for the purpose of supplementing or giving full effect to the provisions of the above schedules, or for any purpose for which provision is under these regulations to be made by direction of the Secretary of State. A erodromes 4.—(1) No place in the British Islands shall be used as an aerodrome or as a regular place of landing or departure by passenger aircraft carrying passengers, unless it has been licensed for the purpose by the Secretary of State, and any conditions of such licence are complied with. (2) There shall be kept exhibited in a conspicuous place at all aerodromes used for the landing or departure of passenger or goods aircraft, a tariff of charges in such form and on such scale as may be directed or approved by the Secretary of State. (3) In the case of any contravention of or failure to comply with this regulation, the proprietor of the aerodrome shall be deemed to have acted in contravention of or, as the case may be, failed to comply with these regu lations. (4) This regulation shall not apply to R.A.F. aerodromes or aerodromes under the control of the Secretary of State, the use of which has been sanc tioned by the Secretary of State; provided that any directions of^the Secretary of State as to the use of such aerodromes are complied with. General Safety Provisions 5.—(1) An aircraft shall not fly over any city or town except at such altitude as will enable the aircraft to land outside the city or town should the means of propulsion fail through mechanical breakdown or other cause ; Provided that this prohibition shall not apply to any area comprised within a circle with a radius of 1 mile from the centre of a licensed aerodrome or of a R.A.F. aerodrome, or of an aerodrome under the control of the Secretary of State. (2) No person in any aircraft shall— (a) carry out any trick flying or exhibition flying over any city or town area or populous district; or (b) carry out any trick flying or exhibition flying over any regatta, race meeting, or meeting for public games or sports, except where specially arranged for in writing by the promoters of such regatta or meeting ; or (c) carry out any flying which by reason of low altitude or proximity to persons or dwellings is dangerous to public safety ; or 608
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