Instruments and equipment for public transport machines

(1) For all flights– (a) (i) Aeroplanes - Safety harness for every pilot’s seat in use or, in the case of an aeroplane in respect of which an for a of airworthiness for the prototype thereof was made prior to 1st April, 1949, a safety belt or safety harness for every pilot’s seat in use; (ii) Helicopters - A safety belt or safety harness for every pilot’s seat in use; (b) safety belt or safety harness for every passenger’s seat and means of indicating to the passengers when they should be fastened; (c) sensitive altimeter adjustable for changes in barometric pressure, unless the altimeter required for the issue of the certificate of airworthiness meets this condition; (d) timepiece with a centre second’s hand; (e) turn-and-slip indicator, or a gyroscopic bank and pitch indicator and a gyroscopic direction indicator; Civil Aviation 53 (f) such other instruments, equipment, and supplies as the Governor may, at his discretion, require to be carried on flights across notified areas where search and rescue would be especially difficult, or in the particular circumstances of the case. (2) For flights by night or under Instrument Flight Rules by public transport flying machines the maximum total weight authorised of which exceeds 2,500 lb, the equipment specified in regulation 22(4). (3) For all flights which involve manoeuvres on the water– (a) life jacket, or equivalent, equipped with a waterproof torch and whistle for each person on board and stowed in a position easily accessible from the person’s seat– (b) provided that life jackets or their equivalent constructed and carried solely for use by children under three years of age need not be equipped with a whistle and shall, if it is impractical to stow them as aforesaid, be stowed in the position best calculated to ensure their ready availability for use in emergency; (c) displayed in each compartment stating where the life jackets are situated and instructing passengers how to use them in the event of their being required; (d) additional flotation equipment, of not less than twenty per cent of the capacity of the equipment required under (a) above, provided in a stowage accessible from outside the 54 Civil Aviation (e) equipment of marine type for making, from the surface of the water, the pyrotechnical signal of distress specified in rule 67 in the Second Schedule to the Order; (f) equipment for mooring or for anchoring appropriate to the maximum total weight authorised for the flying machine. (4) For flights which involve manoeuvres on the water by flying machines the maximum total weight authorised of which exceeds 5,000 lb– (a) sea anchor (drogue); (b) apparatus, as necessary to facilitate manoeuvring the aircraft under its own engine power on the water as appropriate to its weight, size and handling characteristics, and, where such apparatus is not controlled by the pilot, a communication system enabling him to instruct the operator thereof as may be necessary. (5) For flights over water beyond gliding distance from any coast or shore, the equipment and notices specified at paragraph (3) (a) and (b) respectively. (6) For flights by public transport aeroplanes over water during which, at any time, they may be at such a distance from the nearest shore that, while flying in still air at the speed specified in the certificate of airworthiness, performance schedule or flight manual relating to each such aeroplane issued or rendered valid by the Governor as the speed for compliance with regulations governing flights over water, they would be unable to reach the nearest shore in the following timesCivil Aviation 55 (a) in the case of aeroplanes classified in such certificates of airworthiness as aeroplanes of performance group A or C, 90 minutes; (b) in the case of aeroplanes having no performance group classification in such certificates of airworthiness and satisfying condition (1)(c) of regulation 33, 90 minutes; (c) in the case of all other aeroplanes, 30 minutes; (7) Suitably equipped dinghies of an approved type sufficient to accommodate all occupants of the aeroplane. Each dinghy shall carry the following equipment– (a) means for maintaining buoyancy; (b) a drogue to reduce drift; (c) life-lines and means of attaching one raft to another; (d) paddles or other means of propulsion; (e) equipment to protect the occupants from the elements; (f) a waterproof torch; (g) marine type pyrotechnical distress signals; (h) means of making sea water drinkable; (i) for each person the dinghy is designed to carry, eight ounces of glucose toffee tablets; four ounces of sweetened condensed milk in durable containers; two pints of fresh water in durable containers; 56 Civil Aviation (j) provided that in any case in which it is not reasonably practicable owing to lack of stowage space in the dinghy to carry the quantities of condensed milk and water above prescribed, an equal quantity of weight of glucose toffee tablets may be substituted for the former and as large a quantity of fresh water as is reasonably practicable in the circumstances may be substituted for the latter; and (k) first aid equipment. (8) In no case however, shall the quantity of water carried be less than is sufficient, when added to the amount of fresh water capable of being produced by means of the equipment specified in paragraph (7)(h) to provide two pints of water for each person the dinghy is designed to carry. (9) The items referred to at subregulation (7)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (g) shall be of a type approved for operation in the type of dinghy in which they are installed. The remaining items do not require approval. (10) Routine maintenance and inspection of dinghies and dinghy equipment shall be carried out to ensure that they are maintained in a serviceable condition. (11) The method of stowage of dinghies and the method of launching shall be such as to ensure the most expeditious and efficient use of them in the event of a forced landing of the (12) The equipment specified in subregulation (7)(f) to (j) shall be contained in a pack and one such pack shall be stowed with each dinghy so that it is immediately available when the dinghy is launched. Civil Aviation 57 (13) For every four or proportion of four dinghies, one dinghy radio transmitter shall be carried in the aeroplane in the position in which it would be most readily available for use in an emergency. The radio transmitter shall be of an approved type and the method of stowage in the aeroplane and subsequent operation in the dinghy shall be approved. (14) In the case of flights over water by flying machines other than aeroplanes, such items of equipment shall be carried as the Governor may require. (Particulars of these requirements may be obtained from the Director.) (15) For flights by night– (a) the flying machine shall be equipped with landing lights consisting of two single filament or one dual-filament lamp with separately energised filaments; (b) every passenger compartment in the flying machine shall be illuminated and the lighting system providing that illumination shall be of approved type, design and construction; (c) (i) if the flying machine is authorised by the certificate of airworthiness relating thereto issued or rendered valid by the Governor to carry more than nineteen persons over three years of age and the flight is undertaken after the 23rd October 1956, the flying machine shall be equipped with two electric torches, and with an emergency lighting system of type, design and construction providing illumination in the passenger compartments which will facilitate the evacuation of the flying 58 Civil Aviation machine in the event of the failure of the lighting system specified in sub- paragraph (b); and (ii) in every other case the flying machine shall be equipped with one electric torch for each member of the personnel of the (d) a public transport flying machine the maximum total weight authorised of which exceeds 12,500 lbs. shall after the 23rd October 1957, be equipped with means of observing the existence and build-up of ice on the aircraft. (16) For a flight in the course of which a height of 10,000 feet or more above mean sea level is reached– (a) by a flying machine in which a pressure greater than 700 millibars is maintained throughout the in the control compartment and in every compartment in which passengers are carried– (i) a supply of oxygen sufficient, in the event of failure to maintain such pressure, for continuous use by all personnel of the flying machine during the whole time in which after such failure the flying machine flies at a height exceeding 10,000 feet above mean sea level, together with suitable and sufficient apparatus for the use of the oxygen by the personnel of the (b) by any other flying machineCivil Aviation 59 (i) A supply of oxygen sufficient for continuous use by all the personnel of the flying machine and, if passengers are carried, by thirty per cent. of the passengers during any time exceeding twenty minutes in which the flying machine flies at a height exceeding 10,000 feet and not exceeding 13,000 feet above mean sea level, together with suitable and sufficient apparatus for the use of the oxygen by the personnel of the flying machine and, if passengers are carried, by thirty per cent. of the (ii) a supply of oxygen sufficient for continuous use by all the personnel of the flying machine and, if passengers are carried, by all the passengers, during the whole time in which the flying machine flies at a height exceeding 13,000 feet above mean sea level, together with suitable and sufficient apparatus for the use of the oxygen by the personnel of the flying machine and, if passengers are carried, by the (17) For flights on which passengers are carried and in the course of which the flying machine flies at a height exceeding 13,000 feet above mean sea level, means of indicating to every passenger when the use of oxygen is recommended. (18) For flights on which a licensed flight navigator is required to be on board– (a) chart table; 60 Civil Aviation (b) such navigational as are necessary for the particular flight; (c) adequate facilities for the taking of astronomical observations, including observations for checking the magnetic compass. (19) For flights when the weather reports available at the time of departure indicate the probability that conditions predisposing to ice formation will be encountered– (a) means of preventing the formation of or means of removing such ice on the wings, tail surfaces and control surfaces as would seriously alter the aero-dynamic characteristics of the aircraft or interfere with the proper functioning of its controls; (b) means of preventing the formation of or means of removing such ice on the propellers as would seriously alter their aerodynamic characteristics and, in the case of a variable- pitch propeller, would interfere with its pitch- changing mechanism; (c) means of protecting any fixed aerial to ensure that ice accretion will not interfere with the electrical insulation; (d) if a non-retractable direction-finding loop is fitted, means of preventing ice accretion thereon; (e) such safeguards, whether by heating or otherwise, as are necessary to ensure that all instruments and equipment required for use during the flight of the aircraft will continue to function under icing conditions; Civil Aviation 61 (f) means of preventing the formation of or means of removing ice on such portion of the pilot’s windscreen as is necessary to provide an adequate view. (20) For flights on which passengers are carried on and after the 1st July 1958. In the case of a flying machine of which, while the flying machine is at rest on the ground, any external door intended for the disembarkation of passengers, whether normally or in an emergency, has a sill which– (a) is more than six feet from the ground when the under-carriage of the machine is in the normal position for taxiing; or (b) would be more than six feet from the ground if the undercarriage or any part thereof should collapse, break or fail to function, apparatus readily available for use at each such door consisting of a device or devices which – (i) will enable passengers to reach the ground safely in an emergency while the flying machine is on the ground; and (ii) can be readily fixed in position for use.