217056-1935-Notice-to-Airmen-No-3-of-the-year-1935 — Page 1

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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 10. 1935.

DIRECTORATE OF AIR SERVICES, HONG KONG.

No. 368.

Notice to Airmen No. 3 of the year 1935.

RENEWAL OF PILOTS' ("B") LICENCES :

IMPOSITION OF

"INSTRUMENT FLYING" TEST IN CERTAIN CASES.

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1. Notice to Airmen No. 1 of the year 1935 published by Notification No. 149 in the Hong Kong Government Gazette of the 22nd February, 1935, is hereby cancelled and the following notice is substituted therefor.

2. As from the first April, 1935, every pilot holding a Hong Kong Class B (Public Transport and Aerial Work) civil pilot's licence who cannot produce satisfactory evidence that the holder

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instrument flying" test at the Royal Air Force

(a) has already passed the "instrument flying

Station, Hendon; or

(b) bas during his service in the Royal Air Force passed satisfactorily a course in instrument flying at the Central Flying School or other instructional unit; or

(c) has carried out "instrument flying" in Royal Air Force Squadrons during

Squadron training; or

(d) has undergone an instrument flying course at an approved civil training

school or establishment,

will be required, as a condition of the renewal of the licence, to pass the practical flying test in instrument flying" specified in paragraph 87 (1) (g) of the Hong Kong Air Navigation Directions, 1932 (No. 1) as set out in Notification No. 202 published in the Hong Kong Government Gazette of the 8th March, 1935.

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3. The test specified in paragraph 87 (1) (g) of the Hong Kong Air Navigation Directions, 1932 No. 1, set out as aforesaid, is as follows:

"A flight with an examiner on board, in the course of which the candidate must without exterior view maintain correctly during thirty minutes his line of flight and carry out ordinary manoeuvres solely by the use of the instruments on board."

4. The test in question will be carried out at Kai Tak Airport on an aircraft pro- vided with a hood. The fee chargeable in respect of this test is $5, which fee will include the services of the examiner, but not the provision of the aircraft fuel and oil, and such other expenditure as may be incidental to the provision of the aircraft.

5 Pilots are requested to submit particulars as soon as possible of any experience they can claim under (a), (b), (c) or (d) of paragraph 2 above so that inquiries can be instituted by the Director of Air Services with a view to verification of such claims before the licence falls due for renewal. Pilots are advised to apply to undergo the test, or to establish their claims for exemption from the test, at least a month before the date (if after the 1st April, 1935) on which the licence is due for renewal.

6. The evidence ordinarily required by the Director of Air Services of experience claimed under (b), (c) and (d) of paragraph 2 will be a certified entry in the pilot's log- book, the position of which should be indicated when forwarding the logbook, or a certificate separately rendered by the unit or establishment at which the training was undertaken. Pilots who claim exemption under (a) of paragraph 2 above should state. the date on which the test was undertaken.