Flying machines towing gliders

With reference to Article 46(2) of the Order, a person who is the holder of a pilot’s licence to fly flying machines may fly within Belize as pilot in charge of a flying machine towing a glider of which the maximum total weight authorised exceeds 1,250 lb., and as pilot in charge of such a glider as aforesaid which in the course of flight is towed by a flying machine and released therefrom, for the purpose of becoming qualified for the grant of a towing rating, subject to the following conditions– (a) no other person, except a person required under the Order or these Regulations to be carried as a member of the operating crew, shall be carried in the flying machine or the (b) when flying as pilot in charge of a flying machine towing such a glider as aforesaid each flight shall be carried out in accordance with instructions given by a person entitled, by virtue of a rating included in his pilot’s licence, to give instruction in flying gliders towed by flying machines, and in such manner that both the flying machine, and the glider Civil Aviation 117 after release therefrom, land either at the aerodrome of departure or, with the consent of such person, at a place within three nautical miles therefrom; and (c) when flying as pilot in charge of such a glider as aforesaid which in the course of flight is towed by a flying machine and released therefrom, each flight shall be carried out in accordance with instructions given by a person entitled, by virtue of a rating included in his pilot’s licence, to give instruction in flying gliders towed by flying machines, and shall terminate either at the aerodrome of departure, or, with the consent of such person, at a place within three nautical miles therefrom, provided that condition (c) shall not apply if the person flying as pilot in charge of the glider is the holder of a glider pilot’s licence valid for the type of glider in which the flight is being made. General