Catalogue description Air Registration Board, and Civil Aviation Authority, Airworthiness Division and Safety Regulatory Group: British Helicopters, Type Records

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Title: Air Registration Board, and Civil Aviation Authority, Airworthiness Division and Safety Regulatory Group: British Helicopters, Type Records
Description:

This series contains airworthiness type design records of the Airworthiness Division and Safety Regulatory Group.

It includes associated reports of testing, performance and modifications covering various British helicopters.
Date: 1947-1969
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

Civil Aviation Authority, Safety Regulatory Group, 1985-
Physical description: 18 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure
Immediate source of acquisition:

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.
Administrative / biographical background:

Type records are used by the Civil Aviation Authority's design surveyors in evaluating the design, including associated testing and development of the helicopter, to ensure that they conform to the standards specified in British Civil Airworthiness Requirements (Section G).

Type records are produced by manufacturers of helicopters and deposited formally with the Civil Aviation Authority.

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