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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 27, 1928.
81. In following an officially recognised air route every aircraft, when it is safe and practicable, shall keep to the right side of such route.
82. All aircraft on land or sea about to ascend shall not attempt to take off until there is no risk of collision with alighting aircraft.
33. Every aircraft in a cloud, fog, mist, or other conditions of bad visibility shall proceed with caution, having careful regard to the existing circumstances and conditions.
34. In conforming with these rules, due regard shall be had to all dangers of navigation and collision and to any special circumstances which may render a departure from the above rules neces- sary in order to avoid immediate danger.
SECTION IV.
Ballast.
35. The dropping of ballast other than fine sand or water from aircraft in the air is prohibited.
SECTION V.
Special Rules for Air Traffic on and in the vicinity of Aerodromes.
36. At every aerodrome if a flying machine about to land or leave finds it necessary to make a circuit or partial circuit, such a circuit or partial circuit shall, except in case of distress, be left- handed (anti-clockwise).
37. When a flying machine starts from an aerodrome it shall not turn until 500 yards distant from the nearest point of the aerodrome, and the turning must then conform with the regulations pro- vided in the preceding paragraph.
38. Every flying machine flying at a distance of between 500 and 3,500 yards from the nearest point of the perimeter of an aerodrome shall conform to the flying rules laid down in paragraphs 36 and 37 of this Schedule unless it is flying at a greater height than 6,000 feet.
39. Acrobatic landings are prohibited at acrodromes of contracting States used for international aerial traffic. Flying machines are prohibited from engaging in aerial acrobatics in the vicinity of these aerodromes at a distance of less than 4,000 yards from the nearest point of the perimeter of the aerodrome unless they are flying at a greater height than 6,000 feet.
40. At every licensed aerodrome the direction of the wind shall be clearly indicated by one or more of the recognised methods, e.g., landing T, comical streamer, smudge fire, &c. In the event of there being no wind, a ball, easily visible, shall be hoisted on a mast and if there is a landing Tit shall be fixed.
41. Every flying machine when taking off from or alighting on an aerodrome used for international air traffic shall do so up-wind, except when the natural conditions of the aerodrome do not permit, or in the event of there being no wind. In the latter case, every flying machine, when taking off or landing, shall do so in the direction indicated by an appropriate signal, or, if there is a landing T, in the direction indicated by that T.
42. In the case of two flying machines approaching an aerodrome for the purpose of landing the flying machine flying at the greater height shall be responsible for avoiding the flying machine at the lower height, and shall as regards landing observe the rules of paragraph 28 of this Schedule for passing.
43. Aircraft about to land on an aerodrome shall be given free way.
44. (1) At every aerodrome, along the perimeter and at the approaches to the hangars, a neutral zone shall be set apart for flying machines manoeuvring on the ground.
(2) The part reserved for departures and landings shall be as large as possible.
(3) Every flying machine when landing or taking off, shall do so in conformity with the provisions of paragraph 41 of this Schedule, and shall leave clear on its left any flying machine which has already landed or which is at rest on the ground.
(4) Every flying machine when running along the ground in the zone reserved for departures and landings, shall do so in the direction of landing: Provided that, on aerodromes approved by the Governor for the purpose, flying machines running along the ground may be authorised to cross the part reserved for departures and landings subject to regulations approved by the Governor.
45.-(1) By way of exception to the general rule laid down in sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 44 of this Schedule, at aerodromes to which this paragraph applies, the part reserved for departures and landings may be regarded as divided into two approximately equal zones, by a vertical plane bearing
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