THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 22, 1935.
DIRECTORATE OF AIR SERVICES, HONG KONG.
No. 149.
Notice to Airmen No. 1 of the year 1935.
RENEWAL OF PILOTS' ("B") LICENCES: IMPOSITION OF "BLIND FLYING" TEST IN CERTAIN CASES.
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1. As from the first April, 1935, every pilot holding a Hong Kong Class B (Public Transport and Aerial Work) civil pilot's licence who cannot produce satisfactory evidence that the holder
(a) has already passed the "blind flying" test at the Royal Air Force Station,
Hendon; or
(b) has during his service in the Royal Air Force passed satisfactorily a course in instrument flying at the Central Flying School or other instructional unit; or
(c) has carried out "blind" or cloud flying in Royal Air Force Squadrons dur-
ing Squadron training; or
(d) has undergone an instrument flying course at an approved civil train-
ing school or establishment,
will be required, as a condition of the renewal of the licence, to pass the practical flying test in "blind flying" specified in paragraph 87 (1) (h) of the Hong Kong Air Naviga- tion Directions, 1932 (No. 1).
2. The test specified in paragraph 87 (1) (h) of the Hong Kong Air Navigation Directions, 1932 No. 1, is as follows:-
"A flight in the course of which the candidate, under the supervision of a properly accredited examiner, must without exterior view maintain correctly during thirty minutes his line of flight and carry out ordinary manoeuvres by the sole use of the instruments on board."
3. The test in question will be carried out at Kai Tak Airport on an aircraft pro- vided with a hood. The fee chargeable in respect of this test 15 $5, which fee will include the services of the examiner, but not the provision of the aircraft, fuel and oil, and such other expenditure as may be incidental to the provision of the aircraft.
4. Pilots are requested to submit particulars as soon as possible of any experience they can claim under (a), (b), (e) or (d) of paragraph 1 above so that inquiries can be instituted by the Director of Air Services with a view to verification of such claims before the licence falls due for renewal. Pilots are advised to apply to undergo the test, or to establish their claims for exemption from the test, at least a month before the date (if after the 1st April, 1935) on which the licence is due for renewal.
5. The evidence ordinarily required by the Director of Air Services of experience claimed under (b), (c) and (d) of paragraph I will be a certified entry in the pilot's logbook, the position of which should be indicated when forwarding the logbook, or a certificate separately rendered by the unit or establishment at which the training was undertaken. Pilots who claim exemption under (a) paragraph 1 above should state the date on which the test was undertaken.
6. Civil training schools and establishments providing courses of training in "blind flying" are requested to submit particulars of such courses and the names of the per- sonnel in charge thereof, in order that the Director of Air Services may decide whether the courses given can be recognised for the purpose of approval of the school or establishment under (d) of paragraph 1 above.
16th February, 1935.
G. F. HOLE, Director of Air Services.