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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF CIVIL AVIATION


TECHNICAL CENTRE, OPP SAFDURJUNG AIRPORT, NEW DELHI

CIVIL AVIATION REQUIREMENTS


SECTION 2 - AIRWORTHINESS
SERIES 'R' PART I
18TH MAY 1983 EFFECTIVE: FORTHWITH

Subject: Aircraft Radio Equipment.

1. PURPOSE:

Aircraft Rule 57 requires that every aircraft shall be fitted and equipped with radio
apparatus, as may be specified according to the use and circumstances under
which the flight is to be conducted. CAR Series I, Part II lays down the minimum
radio equipment which is required to be installed on an aircraft.

2. SCOPE:

The radio equipment installed in aircraft registered in India in accordance with CAR
Series I, Part II shall:

(i) be of the type approved by the DGCA

Note:- In case the radio equipment is procured from outside India, the
equipment should be approved by airworthiness authority of the country.

(ii) be installed and operated with a licence issued under the Indian Telegraph Act
of 1885 and the rules made thereunder as amended from time to time and in a
manner approved by the DGCA,

(iii) be maintained at all times in good order and condition as stipulated by the
DGCA,

(iv) be operated only by a person who holds an approved valid licence issued
by the DGCA/Ministry of Communication,

(v) not to be operated in flight unless it has been inspected and certified as
being in proper working order by a person authorised by the DGCA.

Aircraft required to be equipped with radio equipment as above, shall not be flown,
except in case of a test flight, unless the pilot in command has satisfied himself, prior to
the commencement of the flight that the radio equipment fitted in the aircraft in
accordance with these requirements has been inspected and certified in accordance
with CAR Section 2, Series F, Part III and functioning normally.
Sd/-
(N Ramesh)
Deputy Director General of Civil Aviation
for Director General of Civil Aviation
Rev. 1 28th April 2000

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