The Air Navigation (Isle of Man) Order 2015

Flying displays

93.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (15), (16) and (18), a person may not act as the organiser of a flying display (in this article referred to as “the flying display director”) without first obtaining the permission of the Department for the flying display.

(2) Subject to paragraphs (16) and (18), the commander of an aircraft who is intending to participate in a flying display must take all reasonable steps to be satisfied, before participating, that —

(a) the flying display director has been granted an appropriate permission under paragraph (6);

(b) the intended flight can comply with any relevant conditions subject to which that permission may have been granted; and

(c) the pilot has been granted an appropriate pilot display authorisation.

(3) Subject to paragraphs (16) and (18), the commander of an aircraft who is participating in a flying display for which a permission has been granted must comply with any conditions subject to which that permission may have been granted.

(4) Subject to paragraphs (16) and (18), the pilot of an aircraft participating in a flying display must hold an appropriate pilot display authorisation and comply with any conditions subject to which the authorisation may have been given.

(5) Subject to paragraphs (16) and (18), the flying display director must not permit a person to act as pilot of an aircraft that participates in a flying display unless the person holds an appropriate pilot display authorisation.

(6) The Department must grant a permission required by paragraph (1) if it is satisfied that the applicant is fit and competent to organise safely the proposed flying display, having regard in particular to the applicant’s —

(a) previous conduct and experience; and

(b) organisation, staffing and other arrangements.

(7) The Department may grant such a permission subject to such conditions, which may include conditions concerning military aircraft, as the Department thinks fit.

(8) The Department must, for the purposes of this article, grant a pilot display authorisation authorising the holder to act as pilot of an aircraft taking part in a flying display if it is satisfied that the applicant is—

(a) a fit person to hold the authorisation; and

(b) qualified by having the knowledge, experience, competence, skill and physical and mental fitness to fly in accordance with the authorisation.

(9) For the purposes of paragraph (8) the applicant must supply such evidence and undergo such examinations and tests as the Department may require.

(10) The Department may authorise a person to conduct such examinations or tests for the purposes of this article as it may specify.

(11) Subject to article 144, a pilot display authorisation granted in accordance with this article remains in force for the period indicated in it.

(12) Subject to paragraph (13), for the purposes of this article, an appropriate pilot display authorisation means an authorisation that is valid and appropriate to the intended flight and that has been—

(a) granted by the Department under paragraph (8); or

(b) granted by the competent authority of a JAA Full Member State.

(13) A pilot display authorisation granted by the competent authority of a JAA Full Member State is not an appropriate pilot display authorisation for the purposes of this article if the Department has given a direction to that effect.

(14) A direction may be issued under paragraph (13) either for a particular authorisation, a specified category of authorisation or generally.

(15) Paragraph (1) does not apply to—

(a) a flying display that takes place at an aerodrome in the occupation of the Ministry of Defence or of a visiting force or any other premises in the occupation or under the control of the Ministry of Defence; or

(b) a flying display at which the only participating aircraft are military aircraft.

(16) Paragraphs (1). (2), (3), (4) and (5) do not apply to a flying display at which the only participating aircraft are balloons.

(17) Subject to paragraph (18), the flying display director must not permit military aircraft to participate in a flying display unless the director complies with any conditions concerning military aircraft subject to which the permission for the flying display may have been granted.

(18) Nothing in this article applies to an aircraft race or contest or to an aircraft taking part in an aircraft race or contest or to the commander or pilot whether or not the race or contest is held in association with a flying display.