The Air Navigation (Isle of Man) Order 2015

Certificate of airworthiness to be in force

15.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), an aircraft must not fly unless –

(a) there is in force for the aircraft a certificate of airworthiness issued or rendered valid under the law of the country in which the aircraft is registered or the State of the operator; and

(b) any conditions subject to which the certificate was issued or rendered valid are complied with.

(2) The prohibition in paragraph (1) does not apply to flights, beginning and ending in the Isle of Man without passing over any other country, of —

(a) a glider flying on a private flight or an aerial work flight that consists of the giving of instruction or testing in a club environment;

(b) a balloon flying on a private flight;

(c) a kite;

(d) an aircraft flying in accordance with the conditions set out in Schedule 1;

(e) an aircraft flying in accordance with a national permit to fly;

(f) an aircraft flying in accordance with a certificate of validation issued by the Department under article 21; or

(g) a microlight aeroplane that—

(i) is designed to carry only one person;

(ii) has a maximum mass without its pilot and fuel of 115 kg;

(iii) has a maximum wing loading without its pilot and fuel of 10 kg per square metre; and

(iv) is flying on a private flight.

(3) An aircraft registered in the Isle of Man with a certificate of airworthiness must not fly otherwise than in accordance with any conditions or limitations contained in its flight manual unless otherwise permitted by the Department.