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(ii) not less than 25 hours' flying, including five flights during which a glider has been towed by the flying machine and released therefrom, shall have been carried out by him as pilot in charge of a flying machine:
(b) to undergo an oral examination in the subjects of a gliding instructor's course conducted in accordance with an approved syllabus.
(2) In addition, the applicant may be required to undergo a Aying test, on a flying machine or a glider towed by a flying machine, or on both, with an approved examiner on board, for the purpose of deterruining his practical ability to give instruction in flying gliders towed by flying machines:
Provided that an applicant (1) in whose licence there is in- cluded a rating to give instruction in Rying Aying machines, or (li) who has qualified as an instructor in flying flying machines or gliders in any of Her Majesty's air forces may, according to his qualifications and experience, be exempted from all or any of the requirements of this regulation. Such exemption may be made conditional upon the satisfactory completion of a special examina- tion or test.
PART XII.
Captive Balloons, Kites AND MOORED AIRSHIPS.
General.
225. With reference to Article 39 of the Order, application for permission-
(4) to fly a captive balloon within the Colony; or
(b) to fly a kite within the Colony
(i) at an altitude exceeding 200 feet above ground level; or
(fi) at any altitude if it is to be Down within a distance oľ z statute miles from the boundary of an aerodrome; or
(c) to moor an airship at any place within the Colony :
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should be made to the Department of Civil Aviation, Hong Kong, and be accompanied by a map showing the exact position or positions at which the aircraft is to be flown. The map should, if the application relates to a moored airship, or to a balloon or kite which is to be moured to a stationary object on the ground or water, be on a scale of not less than six inches to a mile.
226. An application in respect of a captive balloon should also include-
(a) a description of the balloon and of the mooring cable and
equipment to be used for operating it;
(b) particulars of the qualifications and experience of the persons to be employed in operating the balloon; and (e) information as to the dates and times when and the pur-
pose for which the balloon is to be flown,
227. The conditions normally attached to a permission given in respect of a captive balloon which is to be moored to a stationary object on the ground or water include the following-
(u) the flying ground from which the balloon is flown shall
be such that in every direction from the winch to which the cable of the balloon is attached there is a distance free from obstruction of at least 100 yards or such less distance as the Director may specify in the case of a balloon other than a spherical balloon;
(b) the balloon shall not be left unattended either by day or night unless it has been hauled down, and either has been "bagged" down or has had its ripping panel made fast to the ground;
(c) the balloon shall be securely and adequately moored and
the mooring cable, and winch, if any, shall be approved.
Lighting and Marking.
228. (0) The following conditions as to lighting and marking shall be complied with in respect of every captive balloon or kite flown within the Colony and in respect of every airship moored at any place within the Colony-
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