The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18
FIRST RULES FOR
TRAVEL IN THE AIR

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
| London.-Britain has tabulated her first
! code of laws controlling her aerial high
ways. The rules concerning the traffic
on Britannia's airway, which have been
| drawn up by the committee of imperial
| defense. and now issued by the home Of
| flee, are extremely drastic.
1t is provided that every person in
charge of an airship leaving a foreign
country or the United Kingdom must
comply with the following conditions:
Must obtain authorization from Brit
ish consul giving full particulars of him
self and every person on board.
| Must state the intended time and place
of his landing at one of only eight specific
strips of coastline.
+, Must inform the home office by letter
and telegram of his intentions.
| Must report himself on landing and pay
Sis. and must not proceed further without
! special permit.
| Must carry no camera, carrier pigeons.
| explosives, firearms, malls or dutiable
| goods.
Must land Immediately In response to
certain specific signals giving warning of
the prohibited area.
| But this aerial board of control-the A.
| B. c.. foreshadowed in a then incredible
airship romance written dozen years
ago by Rudyard Kipling-exercises a rigid
within the United Kingdom.
No fewer than 6S prohibited places are
named within three miles of which no
man may fly, whether he comes from
Hendon or Heligoland and any airship
| which attempts to fly over prohibited
area is liable to be fired upon.
| The home secretary states he has made
the following orders 'for the purpose of
| the safety and defense of the realm
| under the aerial navigation acts, 1911
and 1918.
| The navigation of aircraft of every de-
scripton is prohibited over 6S places,
| both inland and on the coast, and over
circles with a three mile radius, of
which the places named are the centers.
| The places named include Rosyth dock
yard. Wrozham broad Ipswich wireless
| station Enfield lock railway station, Do
| yer castle, Spithead, Needles lighthouse.
| Fareham railway station and Greenock
pier.
All naval and military bases, garrl-
sons, fortifications, aeroplane and water
| plane headquarters, torpedo boats and
ammunition factories are covered
| The navigation of aircraft coming from
any place outside the United Kingdom is
| prohibited over the shore of the coast
line of the United Kingdom and the ter
ritorial waters adjacent thereto, except
| ing a few named stretches.
| No aircraft shall carry any goods the
| importation of which is prohibited by the
law relating to customs; any dutiable
I goods except those necessary for use
| during the voyage; any Photographic ap-
| paratus carrier or homing pigeons, ex-
! plosives or firearms or any mails.
The person in charge of any aircraft
| shall, on landing, report personally to
the authorized officer, and shall not con-
| tinue his voyage until he has obtained
| uyhi nf +o
payable for an airshp and s6 for an
| aeroplane.
! He shall in his subsequent voyage, I'M
| less exempted by the terms of the per-
nit, comply with the following cond-
| tons:
| In the case of an airship, at least one
! British representative approved by the
authorized officer shall be carried In the
| aircraft.
The aircraft, before quitting the United
Kingdom, shall descend in one of the
prescribed landing areas and report to
| the authorized officer.
| Foreign naval or military aircraft shall
| not pass over or land within any part
of the United Kingdom. or territorial
waters thereof. except on the express In
vitation or with the express permission.
previously obtained, of his majesty's
| government.
! Notice is given that any person navi-
| eating an aircraft In contravention of
the foregoing orders is liable on convic-
ton to imprisonment for six months or
to fine.
Any aircraft which flies or attempts to
| fly over a prohibited area Is liable to be
| fred on.
| If any person in any aircraft IL any,
| where guilty of any act Of espionage he
Is liable to seven years penal servi-
| fNda.