Evening star., 1937-11-01
REVISED AVIATION
REGULATIONS TOGO
IN EFFECT TODAY
Code Will Touch Every Per-
son Engaged in
Flying.
new RATING METHODS
WILL BE PUT IN FORCE
Foreigners No Longer May Own
IN American Registered Air
craft, Under Rules.

Hundreds OF new or completely re-
vised Federal aviation regulations.
which will affect every person engaged
in aviation, from the lowest field
worker to the head of the largest
airline, from student pilot to the
greatest Of pilots, and even the oper-
ators Of model airplanes, now are
being prepared for publication at the
Government Printing Office. but prob
ably will not be distributed for at
least two weeks The new code be-
comes effective today.
The new volume, representing more
than q year and a half of work by
Director of Air Commerce Fred D.
FAgg. jr., and associates in and out of
the Bureau Of Air Commerce, will in
clude a complete codification and re-
drafting Of the entire mass Of unco-
ordinated rules and regulations pro-
mulgated by the Federal Government
during the past Is years.
Scores Of New Regulations.
Scores of new regulations will ap-
pear in the new volume for the first
time. They are the result of months
Of recent advancement in airplane
and aircraft equipment design and
flying progress.
With the PRONUNCIATION of the new
regulations. there will come into effect
entirely new methods of rating stu
dents and pilots. testing and certi-
flying the airworthiness of airplanes,
engines. propellers and equipment.
controlling the operation of airlines.
airways and airports and of governing
student training, operation of repair
shops and bases.
Under the new regulations, foreign
ers no longer may own an American
registered aircraft, even for nom
commercial purposes. Student pilots
may begin flying training without
medical examination. Major de-
partures are made in pilot ratings-the
rating of transport pilot disappearing
Ground instructors, mechanics and
airline dispatchers. however, become
subject to examination and Federal
rating. Pilots formerly issues licenses
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obtain Federal certificates of COM
potency.
Must Show Financial Strength.
Would-be operators Of air transport
lines under the new rules will have to
show financial strength sufficient to
assure ability to operate an airline
with reasonable safety standards for a
period Of at least year.
Each airport used as scheduled
terminal or intermediate stop must
be possessed of valid airport COM
potency rating, with relation to the
specific aircraft to be used.
New regulations governing bad
weather operations along airways
affect every airplane operator and
pilot, including Army, Navy and
Marine Corps pilots, who have been
pledged to cooperate and obedience
to the civil rules.
Anyways are divided into green,
amber and red" types, with special
operating regulations for each. New
methods for approaching airports are
prescribed.
AZ result of a preliminary exami-
nation Of the new code, officials of
Aviation, national aeronautical publi-
cation, said: The impression one gets
from the civil air regulations itself is
Of q colossal, conscientious effort to
increase the safety of all flying to as
great q degree as human nature and
the state of the art permits"