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Catalogue description Air Registration Board and Civil Aviation Authority: Flight Department: Reports and Papers
| Reference: | DR 31 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Air Registration Board and Civil Aviation Authority: Flight Department: Reports and Papers |
| Description: |
This series contains background papers of the Air Registration Board and Civil Aviation Authority's Flight Department that show the procedures followed and the action taken to issue certificates on the testing of all types of aircraft on the British register and to issue certificates of airworthiness. |
| Date: | 1946-1979 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Air Registration Board, Flight Department, 1946-1972 Civil Aviation Authority, Flight Department, 1972- |
| Physical description: | 40 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 1986 Air Registration Board |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Flight Department, formed in 1946, is responsible for making sure that the flight characteristics, which includes noise levels and all weather operations capability, of all aircraft on the British register, are to the standards required by the relevant legislation. Compliance with these standards is required for the initial issue of a Certificate of Airworthiness and for the aircraft to continue in service. |
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