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a licence is desired, be exempted from all or any part of the re- quirements as to flying experience, practical flying tests and technical examination specified in regulations 122, 123 and 124. Any exemption in respect of the said practical lying tests may be made conditional upon the satisfactory completion by the applicant of a special flying test,
Renewal of Licence.
127. An applicant for the renewal of a licence shall be required u produce satisfactory evidence that he has had reasonable flying experience as a pilot of flying machines during the six months im- nuediately preceding the date of the application. The applicant may also be required to produce satisfactory evidence that he has had reasonable flying experience on each type of flying machine for which the renewal is desired since the type was entered on the licence. In default of such evidence as aforesaid the applicant may be required to undergo ali or any part of the practical flying tests and technical examination specified for the grant or extension of a licence as the Director may consider appropriate in the circumstances of the case.
Extension of Lisence.
128. An applicant for the extension of the aircraft rating of a licence to include the flying of an additional type of flying machine, either as pilot in charge or as second pilot, shall be required to satisfy the Director as to his competence to fly the type of flying machine concerned. For this purpose the applicant shall be required to satisfy the requirements as to flying experience, practical flying tests and technical examination specified in the pamphlet referred to in regulation 125.
PRIVATE PILOT'S LICENCE (BALLOONS). Age of Applicant and Period of Licence.
129. (1) An applicant for the grant of a private pilot's licence (balloons) must be not less than 17 years of age.
(2) The period for which a licence may remain in force, following either the grant or any renewal thereof, shall not exceed two years.
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Aircraft Rating.
130. A licence shall include an aircraft rating specifying the types of balloons which, subject to regulation 131, the holder is entitled to fly.
Privileges attaching to Licence.
131. The licence shall entitle the holder to fly as pilot of any type of free balloon nther than a public transport or aerial work balloon,
Technical requirements for Grant of Licence, Practical Flying Tests.
132. The applicant shall be required to produce satisfactory evidence that he has completed the following lights in a balloon, each of at least two hours' duration—
(a) by day:
6 ascents under instruction;
flight in control under supervision; flight alone in the balloon;
(b) by night: 2 flights alone in the balloon.
Technical Examination.
133. The applicant shall be required to undergo an examina- tion as to his knowledge of the following subjects—
(a) elementary acrostatics;
(b) general knowledge of a balloon and its accessories; in- flation; rigging; management of an ascent; instruments; precautions against cold and high altitudes;
(e) practical knowledge of aviation law, with particular reference to the Order and the Regulations issued intere- under, also knowledge of any information notified with respect to the responsibilities of a pilot; and
(d) map reading; elementary knowledge of weather in re- lation to cross-country flight and the use of the compass in flight: