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The Air Navigation Order 2009

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SECTION 1

Article of OrderSubject Matter
3(1)Aircraft to be registered
10(1)Aircraft not to fly unless it has nationality and registration marks
10(3)Aircraft not to bear misleading marks
15(1)Compliance with operational directives
20(1)Compliance with airworthiness directives
23(1)Restrictions on purposes of flight by aircraft with national permit to fly
23(2)Restrictions of carriage of persons by aircraft with national permit to fly
25(1)Requirement to be maintained in accordance with approved maintenance schedule
25(2)Maintenance review requirements
27(2)Requirement for technical log
27(4)Entries in technical log
27(7)Certificate to be entered in technical log
28(2)Requirement for certificate of release to service for non-EASA aircraft
32Requirement for certificate of release to service for EASA aircraft
33(7)Holder of maintenance licence not to exercise privileges when unfit
34(1), (2), (3) and (5)Requirements for log books for non-EASA aircraft
35(3)Requirement for weighing and determining centre of gravity
35(4)Requirement for weight schedule
37(1), (2), (3), (8) and (9)Requirements for aircraft to carry equipment
38Carriage and use of equipment
39(1), (2) (7), (8) and (9)Requirements for aircraft to carry radio communication and radio navigation equipment
40Carriage of notified radio communication and radio navigation equipment
41(4)Carriage of minimum equipment
42Required flight crew
43(3)Flight crew required by aircraft registered in the United Kingdom
44Pilots required on public transport flights by flying machines
45(1)Pilots required on public transport flights by aeroplanes
46(1)Pilots required on public transport flights by helicopters
47Flight navigators or navigational equipment required on public transport flights
48(2) and (3)Requirement to carry cabin crew
49(1)Compliance with direction to carry additional crew
63(2) and (3)Holder of licence which does not meet minimum standards of Chicago Convention to obtain permission of competent authority and not to fly in the United Kingdom without permission of the CAA
74(1)Person not to act as member of flight crew when unfit
74(2)Requirement to inform CAA of injury, illness or pregnancy
80(2)Requirements for giving of flying instruction
83Operations manual requirements
84Police operations manual requirements
85Training manual requirements
86(2)Pre-flight action by commander of aircraft
87Commander to be satisfied that flight can be safely completed
88Passenger briefing by commander
89Commander to ensure demonstration of flight jackets
90Commander to ensure crew, passengers and baggage secure
91Commander to ensure demonstration of use of oxygen on public transport flights
92Commander to demonstrate use of oxygen on aerial work and private flights
93(2), (3) and (4)Pilots to remain at controls
95Operator’s responsibilities in relation to crew
96Operator’s responsibilities in relation to routes and aerodromes
97Prohibition on public transport and commercial air transport flights at night and in specified meteorological conditions by aeroplane with one power unit registered elsewhere than in the United Kingdom
98Operator’s duty concerning loading of public transport aircraft
103(1)Requirement to comply with subpart F of EU-OPS
103(6) and (9)Requirements for aeroplanes flying over water for public transport
104(2)Public transport operating conditions and performance requirements for helicopters
104(6)Requirements for helicopter on public transport flights flying over water
105Requirements for helicopters carrying out a performance class 3 operation
106(1)(a)Helicopter flying over water for public transport under national air operator’s certificate on performance class 1 or class 2 operation
106(1)(b)Helicopter flying over water under police air operator’s certificate on a performance class 1 or class 2 operation
107Aerodrome operating minima requirements for public transport aircraft registered in United Kingdom
108Aerodrome operating minima requirements for public transport aircraft registered elsewhere than in United Kingdom
109Aerodrome operating minima requirements for aerial work and private aircraft
110Commander to be satisfied that additional survival equipment carried
112Operation of radio in aircraft
113Requirement for operation of airborne collision avoidance system
114Requirements for training in operation of airborne collision avoidance system
115Vibration health monitoring system to be operated in accordance with approved procedures
116Person not to be in specified parts of aircraft in flight or object towed or attached
117(2)Exits to be in working order
117(3)Exits to be kept free of obstruction
118(2)Operator to ensure marking of exits
119(2)Operator to ensure marking of break-in areas
121Requirements concerning equipment when flying in North Atlantic Minimum Navigation Performance Specification airspace
122Requirements concerning equipment when aircraft registered in United Kingdom flying in Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum airspace
123Requirements concerning equipment when aircraft registered elsewhere than in United Kingdom flying in United Kingdom Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum airspace
124Requirements concerning equipment for aircraft registered in the United Kingdom flying in Required Navigation Performance airspace
125Requirements concerning equipment for aircraft registered elsewhere than in the United Kingdom flying in United Kingdom Required Navigation Performance airspace
126Towing of gliders
128Towing and picking up persons and articles other than gliders
129Dropping of articles and animals
130(1) and (4) to (8)Requirements for parachuting
130(2)Person not to be dropped so as to endanger persons or property
131(1) and (4) to (7)Requirements for aerial application
140Smoking in aircraft
141Requirement to comply with lawful commands of commander of aircraft
142(a) & (b)Acting in a disruptive manner
143Stowaways
145(3)Operator’s obligation to obtain flight time records of flight crew
146(2)Flight crew member’s obligation to inform operator of flight times
147Flight times – responsibilities of flight crew
152Use of flight recording systems
153Preservation of records of aeroplane flight data recorder
154Preservation of records of helicopter flight data recorder
155Preservation of records of helicopter cockpit voice recorder/flight data recorder
160(2)Requirement to comply with Rules of the Air
161(4)Requirement to comply with Restriction of Flying Regulations
161(5)Requirement to leave restricted area
161(6)Requirement to comply with instructions in restricted area or danger area
162(1) to (5) and (17)Requirements for flying displays
163Requirements for balloons
164Requirements for gliders, kites and parascending parachutes
165Requirements for airships
166Requirements for small unmanned aircraft
167Requirements for small unmanned surveillance aircraft
168Requirements for rockets
170Duty of person in charge to be satisfied as to competence of controllers
171Requirement for Manual of Air Traffic Services
172Requirement to provide air traffic services
173(5)Requirement to comply with air traffic direction
173(7)Requirement to comply with provisional air traffic direction
174(4)Requirement to comply with direction for airspace policy purposes
175Use of radio callsigns at aerodromes
202(1)(a)Requirement for flight information service officer’s licence
202(1)(b)Requirement to identify as flight information service officer
204Requirement for flight information service manual
205(1)Requirement for approval for air traffic service equipment
206(2)Provision of recording apparatus
207Requirement to use licensed or Government aerodrome
209Lighting for helicopters flying for public transport at night
211(4)Requirement to comply with aerodrome licence conditions
211(5)Requirement to take reasonable steps to secure airspace safe for use by aircraft
211(7) to (10)Requirements for aerodrome manual
217(1) and (2)Obligations of person having management of fuel installation on an aerodrome
217(4) and (5)Requirements to keep and produce records for fuel installation
218(1) and (3)Requirements for aeronautical lights
219(2) to (5)Requirements for lighting of en-route obstacles
220(2), (4) to (7) and (9)Requirements for lighting of wind turbine generators in United Kingdom territorial waters
221(1) and (2)Lights liable to endanger not to be exhibited
222Lights which dazzle or distract not to be shone
227Requirements to report bird strikes
237Compliance with direction to make data available
239Person not to obstruct or impede

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