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(2) The period for which a licence may remain in force, following either the grant or any renewal thereof, shall not exceed six months.

Aircraft Rating.

161. A licence shall include an aircraft rating specifying the types of gliders which, subject to regulation 162, the holder is entitled to fly.

Privileges alluching to Licence,

162. The licence shall entitle the holder to fly as pilot in charge or as second pilot of

(a) any type of glider of which the maximum total weight

authorized does not exceed 1,250 lb.; and

(6) any type of glider exceeding the above weight if such

type is specified in the licence.

Technical Requirements for Grant of Licence.

Flying Experience,

163. The applicant shall be required to produce satisfactory evidence that he has had at least so hours' flying experience (ie. in free Night, not towed flight) as pilot in charge of a glider, including 25 winch launchings and to completed aero-tow launchings, of which not less than 3 hours, including 10 winch launchings and 3 completed aero-low launchings, must have been carried out during the twelve months immediately preceding the date of the application.

Practical Flying Tests.

184. (i) The applicant shall, subject to the provisions of regulation 166, be required to undergo the following practical tests in a glider of which the maximum total weight authorized does not exceed 1,250 lb.-

(a) a free flight of not less than one minute's duration in the course of which the candidate shall manoeuvre the glider so that its flight path is in the form of the letter "S", followed by a normal landing;

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(b) a free flight, during which height is not lost over a con- tinuous period of at least five minutes, followed by a landing made within Too yards of a point fixed before- hand by the candidate. A barograph chart endorsed by a Royal Aero Club Observer will be accepted as evidenco as an alternative to visual observation of the flight but not of the landing;

(c) two winch launchings; and

(d) two completed agro-tow launchings.

(i) Where the application relates to a glider of which the maximum total weight authorized exceeds 1,250 lb. the applicant may be required to undergo such flying tests as the Director may consider appropriate in the particular case.

(ii) The tests shall be subject to the following conditions- (a) the candidate shall be alone in the glider;

(8) the tests may be carried out in any order *

(c) the tests shall be carried out within a maximum period of six months or within such longer period as may be authorized by the Director;

(d) the test shall be witnessed by properly accredited examiners who shall deposit their reports with the appro- priate authorities. The reports shall give full details of the flights and particularly of the landings; and

(e) the candidate shall, before each test, furnish the exami-

ners with proof of his identity.

Technical Examination.

165. The applicant shall, subject to the provisions of regula- tion 166, be required to undergo an examination as to his practical knowledge of aviation law, with particular reference to the Order and the regulations issued thereunder, also knowledge of any information notified with respect to the responsibilities of a pilot,

Exemptions.

188. At the discretion of the Director-

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an applicant who is the holder of a commercial pilot's licence (trailing gliders) may be exempted from the above technical examination;