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Licences and Certificates. 1. For Personnel. The following licences provided in the Air Navigation Regulations 1933, are issued by the Controller of Civil Aviation :— (1) Pilots — Class " A " (private) Licences. Class " B " (commercial) Licences. (2) Navigators' Licences, first and second class. (3) Ground Engineers' Licences, in seven categories—A, A3, B, C, Ce, D, and X. (4) Instructors' Authorities. During the year the original Instructor's Licence was withdrawn, and the regulations were amended to provide for the issue of an Instructor's Authority and an Assistant Instructor's Authority. Pilots holding the old-type licence and complying with the conditions of the new regulations were granted the new authority automatically on request. 2. For Equipment. The following licences and certificates are issued in respect of equipment, &c. :— (1) Aircraft: Certificates of Registration and Certificates of Airworthiness. (2) Aerodromes : Public Licences and Temporary Licences. Since 1921 licences and certificates have been issued in accordance with the provisions of the International Convention, but issues were very limited until the aero-club movement got under way in 1929. The table given hereunder sets out the number of licences and certificates issued since 1921 :—

Flying Personnel. Seventy club trainees and five other pupils presented themselves for the " A " Licence tests and were successful in obtaining licences, compared with a total of 212 for the year 1938-39. The period covered in the present report is, however, confined almost wholly to the six months from April to September, for after the cessation of club activities practically no applications for testing were received. Three clubs continue to provide training facilities on a reduced scale, and arrangements have been made with the Royal New Zealand Air Force for the testing of any pupils completing their ab initio training. In August, 1939, the second of the annual technical examinations for " B " Licence candidates was held. Seven candidates submitted themselves for the four written papers, and three were successful. The intervention of the war prevented the holding of the practical portion of the examination, which was thus deferred until convenient arrangements could be made. This examination was the first held under the new syllabus introduced in 1938 with the purpose of raising the standard to that obtaining in other countries. The annual examinations for second-class Navigation Licences were held on 21st and 22nd June, 1939. Six candidates presented themselves, and two were successful. During October a supplementary examination was to have been held, but was deferred indefinitely. Nine Instructors' Authorities were issued to trainees completing the courses of tuition referred to later in this report, five pilots being graded as Instructors and four as Assistant Instructors.

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