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Paragraph 29 VFR flight plan and air traffic control clearance in Class B, Class C or Class D airspace

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

Subject to rule 31, before an aircraft flies within Class B, Class C or Class D airspace during the notified hours of watch of the appropriate air traffic control unit, the pilot-in-command of the aircraft shall—

(a)

cause to be communicated to the appropriate air traffic control unit a flight plan which complies with paragraphs (2) and (3) (as appropriate); and

(b)

obtain an air traffic control clearance to fly within that airspace.

(2)

The flight plan shall contain such particulars of the flight as may be necessary to enable the air traffic control unit to issue a clearance and for search and rescue purposes.

(3)

The flight plan required for a flight within Territory reduced vertical separation minimum airspace shall also state whether or not the aircraft is equipped with height keeping systems, as required by articles 51 or 52 of this Order.

(4)

The pilot-in-command of an aircraft shall not cause a flight plan to be communicated to the appropriate air traffic control unit for VFR flight in Class C airspace above FL195 or along a Class C ATS route at any level unless authorised to do so by the Governor.