Catalogue description Air Registration Board and Civil Aviation Authority, Airworthiness Division and Air Regulatory Group: Certificates of Airworthiness, Representative Papers

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Reference: DR 16
Title: Air Registration Board and Civil Aviation Authority, Airworthiness Division and Air Regulatory Group: Certificates of Airworthiness, Representative Papers
Description:

This series contains a representative sample of certificates of airworthiness and supporting papers covering most types of aircraft on the United Kingdom Civil Register.

It includes copies of certificates issued by the Aircraft Department of Lloyds Register of Shipping, the British Corporation Register and the Joint Aviation Committee of the two latter bodies.
Date: 1931-1988
Related material:

For earlier representative papers see AVIA 4
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: 335 files and microform
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 1985 Civil Aviation Authority
Selection and destruction information: Papers relating to most of the aircraft mentioned in series DR 11 (Safety Data and Analysis Unit: Accident Files) have been selected.
Administrative / biographical background:

A United Kingdom Certificate of Airworthiness may be issued to any aircraft registered in the United Kingdom provided that the Civil Aviation Authority is satisfied that the aircraft is fit to fly having regard to the design, construction, workmanship and materials of the aircraft and of any equipment necessary for the airworthiness of the aircraft. Certification is in one or more of the following categories: Transport Category (Passenger), Transport Category (Cargo), Aerial Work Category, Private Category, and Special Category

A certificate of airworthiness is normally valid for a period of one year except for aircraft whose maximum total weight authorised (MTWA) does not exceed 2730 kg, in which case the certificate is normally valid for three years.

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