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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 17, 1937.

[Schedule III,- contd.]

Subsequent entries therein shall be made and signed by such persons as may from time to time be prescribed.

Provided that as regards matters which could not have come to the notice of any person so prescribed the pilot shall be respon- sible for making and signing the entries.

(b) Entries in the journey log book shall be made and signed by such persons as may from time to time be prescribed.

(2) All entries shall be made in ink:

Provided that in the case of the journey log book the entries may be entered daily from a rough notebook kept in pencil. This rough notebook shall be produced when called for in the event of any inspection or investigation.

SCHEDULE IV.

RULES AS TO LIGHTS AND SIGNALS AND RULES FOR AIR TRAFFIC.

PRELIMINARY.

Interpretation.

For the purposes of this Schedule-

(a) An aircraft shall be deemed to be "on the surface of the water" when any part of the aircraft is in contact with the water;

(b) An aircraft, being in the air or on the surface of the water, shall be deemed to be "under way" when it is not moored to the ground or to any fixed object on the land or in the water;

(c) An aircraft under way in the air or on the surface of the water shall be deemed to be "making way" when it has a velocity relative to the air or water respectively;

(d) An aircraft shall be deemed not to be "under control" when it is unable to execute a manoeuvre required in respect of it by the rules laid down in this Schedule or by the Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea;

(e) The expression "landing area" means that part of an aero- drome which is reserved for departures and landings of aircraft;

(f) The expression "visible", when used in relation to lights, means visible on a dark night with a clear atmosphere;

(g) The expression "plane of symmetry", in relation to an air- craft, means the plane of symmetry passing through the longitudinal axis of the aircraft;

(h) The angular limits for lights laid down in the rules con- tained in Section I of this Schedule shall be determined when the aircraft is in its normal attitude for flying on a rectilinear horizontal

course.

SECTION I.

Rules as to Lights and Visual Signals to be displayed and Sound Signals to be made by Aircraft.

General.

1-(1) The rules as to lights to be displayed by aircraft con- tained in this Section of this Schedule shall be complied with by aircraft in all weathers during the period from sunset to sunrise or,

As amended by O. in C. of 1.7.37 (G.N. 819 of 1937) in force 1.8.37.