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(b) when lying as pilot in charge of a flying machine towing such a glider as aforesaid each Right shall be carried out in accordance with instructions given by a person entitled, by virtue of a rating included in his pilot's licence, to give instruction in Aying gliders towed by flying machines, and in such manner that both the dying machine, and the glider after release therefrom, land either at the aerodrome of departure or, with the consent of such person, at a place within three nautical miles therefrom; and
(c) when flying as pilot in charge of such a glider as afore- said which in the course of light is towed by a flying machine and released therefrom, each flight shall be carried out in accordance with instructions given by a person entitled, by virtue of a rating included in his pilot's licence, to give instruction in flying gliders towed by flying machines, and shall terminate either at the aerodrome of departure, or, with the consent of such person, at a place within three nautical miles therefrom:
Provided that condition (c) shall not apply if the person flying as pilot in charge of the glider is the holder of a glider pilor's licence valid for the type of glider in which the flight is being made.
PART X.
LICENSING OF MEMBERS OF OPERATING CREW.
General.
77. With reference to Articles 23 and 24 of the Order, applica- tion for the grant, renewal, extension or validation of a licence to act as a member of the operating crew of aircraft registered in the Colony should be made to the Department of Civil Aviation, Hong Kong, on a form which will be supplied on request.
78. The requirements to be complied with in respect of technical competency, Aying experience, etc., and the other con- ditions relating to the various classes of licences (other than flight radio operators' licences) set out in Article 23 of the Order are specified in this Part as indicated hereunder. Part IX of these
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regulations shows the conditions under which practice flights to acquire the necessary competence and flying experience may be carried out.
With reference, however, to regulations 83 to 128 (which relate to flying machine pilots' licences) the requirements and conditions therein specified may, as respects licences to fly flying machines other than aeroplanes (.g. helicopters or gyroplanes) be subject to such modifications as the Director may consider appropriate in the particular case.
Exemption for Military Pilots.
70. An applicant who has at any time qualified as a pilot of flying machines in any of Her Majesty's air forces may, at the discretion of the Director and according to the applicant's qualifica- tions and dying experience, be exempted from all or any part of the practical flying tests and the technical examinations specified in this Part for the grant of a flying machine pilot's licence, the extension of the aircraft rating in such a licence or the inclusion therein of an instrument rating :
Provided that-
(i) such exemption may, if it relates to practical flying rests, he made conditional upon the satisfactory com- pletion by the applicant of a special flying test; and
(fi) any exemption from the requirements specified for the extension of an aircraft rating shall be determined having regard to the applicant's flying experience on the class or type of flying machine to which the upplication relates.
INSTRUMENT Rating.
Privileges attaching to Rating+
80. (1) The holder of a licence which includes an instrument rating shall not be entitled to exercise the privilege of the rating, unless he has during the immediately preceding thirteen months passed an instrument flying test including, if appropriate, asynimetric power tests, and a certificate by the approved examiner to that effect is entered in the certificate of validity relating to the licence.