Article 34 Radio communication and radio navigation equipment of aircraftI1
United Kingdom
An aircraft must not be flown unless it is equipped with radio communication and radio navigation equipment that —
complies with the law of the country in which the aircraft is registered or the State of the operator; and
enables communications to be made and the aircraft to be navigated, in accordance with —
the provisions of this Order;
any applied regulations.
Without prejudice to paragraph (1) but subject to paragraph (5), an aircraft must be equipped with radio communication and radio navigation equipment in accordance with Schedule 4.
In any particular case the Department may direct that an aircraft registered in the Isle of Man carries such additional or special radio communication or radio navigation equipment as the Department may specify for the purpose of facilitating the navigation of the aircraft, the carrying out of search and rescue operations or the survival of the persons carried in the aircraft.
Subject to article 35 and to any prescribed exceptions, the radio communication and radio navigation equipment provided in compliance with this article in an aircraft registered in the Isle of Man must always be maintained in serviceable condition.
All radio communication and radio navigation equipment installed in an aircraft registered in the Isle of Man or carried on such an aircraft for use in connection with the aircraft (whether or not in compliance with this Order or any applied regulations must—
be of a type approved by the Department in relation to the purpose for which it is to be used; and
except in the case of a glider that is permitted by article 3(2) to fly unregistered, be installed in a manner approved by the Department.
Neither the radio communication and radio navigation equipment referred to in paragraph (5) nor the manner in which it is installed may be modified except with the approval of the Department.