‘Territory of Muscat and Oman (1) Air Navigation Regulations for Civil Aircraft made by His Highness the Sultan of Muscat and Oman (2); Gwadur Aerodrome. Conditions laid down with the Approval of the Sultan to govern the use of the Aerodrome.’
IOR/L/PS/18/B442
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in c 1934. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Air navigation regulations for civil aircraft for Muscat and Oman, including the Gwadar aerodrome, as approved by the Sultan of Oman [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr].
The air navigation regulations, dated 25 October 1934, cover: authorisation for aircraft flying over or landing in Muscat and Oman; requirements for aircraft registration, certification, personnel and documentation; submission of licences by aircraft personnel on the demand of the state authorities; compliance of aircraft with lights and signal regulations, as prescribed in the Convention for Regulation of Aerial Navigation (13 October 1919); access to aircraft by authorised personnel; submission of visitors to procedure prescribed by the Public Health Administration on arrival and departure; notification of intended arrival and departure to the Customs, Public Health and Police Administrations; passport and visa requirements for passengers; declaration of laws applying to the import and export of goods by land and sea being equally applicable to those goods arriving and departing by air; use of law in the contravention of regulations.
Conditions governing the use of the Gwadar aerodrome cover: no acceptance of liability for damage or loss of aircraft, goods or mail, or injury to passengers and aircraft personnel; landing and accommodation fees; fuel and lubricant supplies and their charges; other services which may be arranged with the aerodrome authorities. Under the conditions are three schedules: 1) landing fees, assessed according to the maximum weight authorised by the aircraft’s airworthiness certificate; 2) housing fees, assessed according to the span and maximum length of the aircraft; and 3) charges for attendances and facilities, including arrival and departure fees for privately owned aircraft, a note on fuel and oil rates, and charges for aircraft engaged in public transport, to be supplied by Imperial Airways, Limited.
An appendix includes text for the form used for the authorisation of aircraft to land and fly over Muscat and Oman.
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- 2 folios
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Foliation: Circled pencil numbers in the top-right corner of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. (ff.1-2).
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- English in Latin script
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- British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
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- IOR/L/PS/18/B442
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- c 1934 (CE, Gregorian)
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IOR/L/PS/12/1948: 540/35
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- Civil aviation
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- Gwādar AerodromeMuscatOman
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- ‘Territory of Muscat and Oman (1) Air Navigation Regulations for Civil Aircraft made by His Highness the Sultan of Muscat and Oman (2); Gwadur Aerodrome. Conditions laid down with the Approval of the Sultan to govern the use of the Aerodrome.’
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- 1r:2v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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