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Syllabuses of Practical Flying Tests and Technical Examination.
90. The details of the practical flying tests, including the conditions applicable thereto, and the technical examination referred to in regulations 87 and 88 are specified in handbook C.A.P. 53 "Private Pilot's Licence", copies of which may be obtained on application to the Department of Civil Aviation. Hong Kong.
Night Rating.
91. (1) A night rating may be included in a licence and shall entitle the holder, subject to the privileges attaching to the licence, to act as pilot in charge of flying machines carrying passengers on flights made by night:
Provided that the holder of a licence which includes a night rating shall not (except in a case where the licence also includes a rating entitling him to act as instructor or as assistant instructor in the flying of flying machines and he is flying for the purpose of so acting) cxercise the privileges of such night rating unless he has, within the immediately preceding six months, carried out as pilot in charge of a flying machine not less than five take-offs and five landings by night.
(2) An applicant for a night rating shall be required to pro- duce satisfactory evidence that he has carried out in an acroplane not less than 50 hours' flying as pilot, comprising-
(a) Aying training under a competent instructor in a dual-
controlled aeroplane;
(b) at least 25 hours' Blying as pilot in charge of the
aeroplane;
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(e) at least 5 hours' instruction in instrument flying and
(d) at least 5 hours' night flying, including not less than five flights as pilot in charge, carried out to the satisfaction of a competent instructor within the six months immediately preceding the date of the application :
Provided that a maximum of two and a half hours" instrument flying training carried out on the ground in approved devices may be accepted in part satisfaction of the requirement specified at (c) in this paragraph.
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(3) The evidence normally required with respect to the flying experience specified at (c) in paragraph (2) shall consist of a certi- licate issued by a person who holds a flying machine pilot's licence including an instructor's rating.
Flying Experience for Renewal of Licence.
92. An applicant for the renewal of a licence shall be required to produce satisfactory evidence that he has had, during the twelve months immediately preceding the date of the applica- tion, not less than 5 bours' flying experience as pilot in charge on each class of flying machine for which the renewal is desired and, if the application is in respect of aeroplanes in Group C, reasonable flying experience as pilot in charge on each type of seroplane for which the renewal is desired. In default of such evidence the applicant may be required to undergo all or any part of the prac- tical lying tests and the technical examination specified for the grant of a licence, as the Director may consider appropriate in the circumstances of the case.
Extension of Licence,
93. An applicant for the extension of the aircraft rating in a licence to include an additional class or type of flying machine will normally be required to carry out practical flying tests in accord- ance with regulation 87 and to undergo a technical examination in the method of operation and functioning of flying machines of the class or type to which the application relates :
Provided that an applicant may, at the discretion of the Director and according to the applicant's qualifications and ex- perience, be exempted from all or any part of the said tests and examination if he has satisfied an approved examiner within the period of two years immediately preceding the date of the applica- tion for the extension of the rating that he is competent to operate the class or type of flying machine to which the application relates.
For the purpose of this regulation the expression 20 approved examiner" means-
(a) an Official Übserver of the Royal Aero Club or (b) a person who has been authorized in writing by the Governor to conduct the flying tests or technical examina- tions.