(4)
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(ii) at least to hours' night flying (5 hours of which, however, may have been carried out under instruction), during which the applicant must have carried out take-offs and 10 landings by night without assistance from any other person on board the flying machine; and
(iii) at least ro hours' flying carried out during the six months immediately preceding the date of the application; and
a reasonable amount of flying experience as pilot on the type of flying machine to which the application relates :
Provided that-
(i) in the case of an applicant who has passed au approved course of flying training, the said requirement of 300 hours" flying experience may, at the discretion of the Director, be reduced to 150 hours;
(ii) dying experience as second pilot may be reckoned Towards the total requirement of 200 hours (or 150 hours) to the extent that one half of such flying, up to a maxi- mum allowance of 50 hours, may be included if it was carried out on (4) flying machines required under the Order or these regulations to have on board more than one pilot, or (b) military flying machines which normally carried more than one pilot.
Practical Flying Tesis.
98. The applicant shall, subject to the provisions of regula- tion 102, be required in the course of flying tests, including flights by day and by night with an examiner on board, to demonstrate his general competence as a pilot during normal and emergency manoeuvres and his ability to fly the type of flying machine to which the application relates.
Technical Examination.
100. The applicant shall, subject to the provisions of regula- tion 102, be required to undergo an examination (including practical tests) as to his knowledge of the following subjects-
(2) uviation law; (b) flight operation;
(e) air navigation:
(d) meteorology;
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(c) the interpretation of navigational aid identification
signals;
(f) theory of flight and aircraft operating limitations;
(g) aircraft equipment and installations;
(b) airframe and power plant maintenance.
Syllabuses of Practical Flying Tests and Technical Examination.
101. The details of the practical flying tests, including the conditions applicable thereto, and the technical examination referred to in regulations 99 and 100 are specified in handbook C.A.P. 54. "Commercial Pilot's Licence", copies of which may be obtained on application to the Department of Civil Aviation, Hong Kong, or Secretary, Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, London.
Exemptions.
102. An applicant who has been the bolder of a commercial pilot's licence (flying machines) or a licence of a higher class may, at the discretion of the Director and having regard to the type of flying machine for which a licence is desired, be exempted from all or any part of the requirements as to Aying experience, prac- rical flying tests and technical examination specified in regulations 98. 90 and coo. Any exemption in respect of the said practical flying tests may be made conditional upon the satisfactory com- pletion by the applicant of a special flying test.
Flying Experience for Renewal of Licence.
103. An applicant for the renewal of a licence shall be required to produce satisfactory evidence that he has had reasonable flying experience as a pilot of flying machines during the six months immediately preceding the date of the application. The applicant may also, at the discretion of the Director, be required to produce satisfactory evidence that he has had reasonable flying experience as a pilot on each type of flying machine for which the renewa! is desired since the type was entered on the licence. In default