RULES FOR FLYING

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 128, 26 November 1929, Page 10

RULES FOR FLYING

COUNCIL DISCUSSION

HEIGHT ABOVE CITY

AN AMENDED BYLAW

The City Council at a special meeting yesterday afternoon gave some time to a discussion of rules for flying over tho city and to tho bylaw governing flights, fees, etc., at Eongotai.

Councillor C; D. Morpeth raised tho point of whether pilots and passengers should not be provided with parachutes.

The Mayor, Mr. G. A. Troup, replied that that would have to bo done by Statute. The council could not deal with that matter by regulation, but he had no doubt that the Government would deal with that aspect a little later on.

Councillor W. J. Gaudin asked whether the machines flying over Wellington were subjected to any sort of daily test, and was, there any standard test of pleasure aircraft. He thought that the council should insist upon something of the sort.

Mr. Troup replied that he was inclined to think it was a matter for the Government inspectors as the Government gavo out tho licences. The Government had all tho experts and should examine the machines at regular intervals. were also the questions of third party risk and other considerations to be gone into. Councillor E. Semple considered that regular inspections should be made, and that the question of insurance should be gone into.

THE AMENDED BYLAW.

Minor amendments are to be made to the bylaw approved by the council some weeks ago.

The Mayor, referring to the use of the word "aerodrome," in place of "airport," formerly used in the bylaw title, explained that the Minister of Defence had insisted upon the change. Tho Minister, said Mr. Troup, conceived an aerodrome as merely a landing ground, while an airport was a home for all classes of aircraft, and he thereport asked that the Eongotai field should be called an aerodrome, as distinct from an airport which might be established at Porirua or elsewhere.

PROVISIONS OP BYLAW.

The amended bylaw provides that the City Council may make charges of one shilling per adult and sixpence per child, under 15 years of age, to the aerodrome on days notified by advertisement, and it is further provided that no person may enter auy hangar or other buildings, except public enclosures, without the consent of the responsible officers. THE SCALE OF TEES. The scale of fees set out is as follows:— SINGLE LANDINGS. Daily i Landing Housing fees. fees. 'CU»AA- £ S- d- £ Small type, ocoupylng less than 500 sq ft of Class°°— SPaCe ° 2 °° ° 3 ° Small type, occupying less than 900 sq. ft. . 0 5 0 0 5 0 Class B— Medium type, occupying over 900 sq. ft., but not exceeding 1800 sq. ft 0 10 0 0 10 0 Class C— Large type, occupying over 1800 sq. ft., but not exceeding 3600 sq. ft 10 0-100 Class D— Large type, occupying over 3000 sq. ft .. 1 0 0 110 0 Class E— Large type, occupying over 3600 sq. ft., with more than two engines 1 10 0 '1 10 0 MONTHLY RATES. Exclusive of Inclusive of landing fees, landing fees. & s. d. £ s. d. Class AA 4 10 0 6 10 0 Class A G 0 0 11 0 0 Class B 10 0 0 20 0 0 Class C 20 0 0 40 0 0 Class D 36 0 0 56 0 0 Class E 36 0 0 66 0 0 MACHINES USED FOE PRIVATE PURPOSES. Exclusive of Inclusive of Per month. landing fees. landing fees. £ s. d. £ s. d. Class AA 2 10 0 3 10 0 Class A 5 0 0 ' 7 10 0 Class B 10 0 0 15 0 0 Class C 20 0 0 30 0 0 Class D 30 0 0 40 0 0 Class E . 30 0 0 45 0 0 The following new bylaw was added at the meeting: "Such monthly charges inclusive of landing fees shall entitle the payer to land his vehicle on not more than three occasions on each day, and every landing in excess of twice on any day shall be paid for at ordinary rates."

The council may by resolution fix a special scale of charges for members of aero clubs.

HEIGHT OF FLIGHT.

No person shall fly any aircraft over any building in the city of "Wellington at a height above the ground level less than 2000 feet except when within gliding distance of the landing area at the airport.

Where any aircraft is being flown over the city and the engine of such aircraft fails the pilot shall endeavour to the best of his ability to land in the sea as near the'edgeas possible. _ The council may by resolution, publicly notified, make an addition to the charge hereinbefore specified—charges in respect of (1) the use of enclosures for the parking of motor and other vehicles, and (2) the admission of the public to 4 enclosures or stands.