Flying experience and practical tests

The applicant shall be required to produce satisfactory evidence that he has had reasonable flying experience as a pilot of airships during the two years immediately preceding the date of the application, and that he has completed– (a) at least four months’ service on an airship in the capacity of a pilot holding an airship pilot’s licence, third class; and (b) at least ten flights in the capacity of a pilot holding an airship pilot’s licence, third class, in an airship of greater capacity than 200,000 cubic feet, on which he handled the airship himself, under the supervision of the person in command of the airship, including departure and landing, during the whole flight if the duration thereof did not exceed four hours, and during at least four hours if the flight was of longer duration.