Instruments and equipment must be approved

(1) The instruments and equipment specified in this Part shall be of approved types and shall be installed or stowed in the aircraft in a manner approved for the purpose of securing their satisfactory functioning, except that the following may be of any type suitable for the purpose and may be installed or carried in any manner which will ensure that they can be used effectively as and when required– (a) maps and charts; (b) the navigational instruments referred to in paragraph 9(b) of regulation 23 of these (c) the apparatus referred to in paragraph (4)(b) of regulation 23 of these Regulations; (d) timepieces; (e) chart tables; (f) first aid kits; (g) sea anchors (drogues); 48 Civil Aviation (h) torches; (i) whistles; (j) sound signals; (k) equipment for mooring or for anchoring; (l) mooring lights. (2) First aid kits shall contain equipment suitable for rendering first aid in any accident that may occur and sufficient for the purpose having regard to the number of persons on board the aircraft and shall include the following items– (a) Materials: bandages, triangular bandages, absorbent gauze, adhesive plaster, white absorbent lint, cotton wool (or wound dressings in place of these two items), burn dressings, and safety pins; (b) Instruments: Haemostatic bandage or tourniquet, scissors. Drugs: Antiseptic, analgesic, stimulant.