Catalogue description Air Registration Board, and Civil Aviation Authority, Airworthiness Division: British Civil Aircraft, Type Records

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Title: Air Registration Board, and Civil Aviation Authority, Airworthiness Division: British Civil Aircraft, Type Records
Description:

This series contains design records and reports of testing, performance and modifications of selected types of British designed civil aircraft (including Concorde) of the Air Registration Board and the Civil Aviation Authority's Airworthiness Division.

They were produced by manufacturers for the Design Surveyors of the Air Registration Board and the Civil Aviation Authority. They were used in the assessment of the the designs' conformity to the British Civil Air worthiness Requirements. They were also used as reference documents with regard to the continued airworthiness of aircraft.

There are also some reports and notes on flying boats and seaplanes, mostly dating from the 1940s.

Date: 1935-1987
Related material:

For Brabazon aircraft type records see AVIA 47

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Air Registration Board, 1937-1973

Civil Aviation Authority, Airworthiness Division, 1972-1985

Physical description: 898 files and volumes
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 1985 Civil Aviation Authority

Accruals: Following the development of OSP 26: The regulation of civil aviation 1972-2002, it has been decided that no further accessions into this series will be made.

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