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Air Registration Board and Civil Aviation Authority, Airworthiness Division, Aircraft...
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| Reference | DR 33 |
|---|---|
| Title | Air Registration Board and Civil Aviation Authority, Airworthiness Division, Aircraft Projects Department: Registered Files and Reports |
| Date | 1943-1988 |
| Description | This series contains registered files and reports on the certification of various types of British civil aircraft. The files include general correspondence and non-technical papers as well as detailed papers on flight characteristics, strength and materials, powerplant and fire precautions, fuselage and pressure cabins, undercarriage and brakes, instruments and electrics, weight, ancillary systems, fatigue, and flight control systems. There are also files and reports on Concorde. |
| Held by | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status | Public Record(s) |
| Language |
English |
| Creator |
Air Registration Board, 1937-1973 Civil Aviation Authority, Airworthiness Division, Aircraft Projects Department, 1972 |
| Physical description | 1068 file(s) |
| Access conditions | Subject to 30 year closure |
| Immediate source of acquisition |
From 1985 Civil Aviation Authority |
| Accruals | Series is accruing |
| Administrative/ biographical background | Overall co-ordination of the Civil Aviation Authority's aircraft type certification activities is performed by the Aircraft Projects Department of the Airworthiness Division and successor. This involves identifying the British Civil Airworthiness Requirements standard for aircraft design, verifying that designs comply with these standards, and issuing type certificates to confirm this. Subsequently the department co-ordinates both the approval of changes to the certificated design standard and investigation into in-service occurrences which may need changes to maintain satisfactory safety levels. |
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