Records of the Airworthiness Division and Safety Regulatory Group

Records of the Airworthiness Division and its successor the Safety Regulatory Group relating to their responsibility for ensuring civil aircraft are fit to fly.

General registered files of the Safety Regulatory Group are in DR 69. Files of the Survey, Systems and Equipment, Powerplant, Flight, and Aircraft Projects Departments are in DR 8, DR 28, DR 30, DR 31, DR 33 and DR 59 respectively. Representative files of area offices are in DR 27

Accident files and registered files of the Safety Data and Analysis Unit are in DR 11 and DR 42 respectively.

Aircraft and helicopter type records are in DR 1, DR 7, DR 10 and DR 41, manuals are in DR 6 and flight test reports in DR 18. Files on the preparation of the Requirements are in DR 15 and papers of various committees on requirements in DR 19 - DR 24.

Executive Committee minutes and papers are in DR 73.

Registered files of the Hovercraft Section are in DR 74. Records of the Hovercraft Requirements Committee are in DR 44

Files on aircraft maintenance approvals and the issue of airworthiness certificates are in DR 5, DR 16, DR 26 and DR 34. Aircraft radio files are in DR 80. Airworthiness administration notices are in DR 62. Airworthiness Approval Notes issued in connection with new or modified aircraft designs are in DR 34

• Civil Aviation Authority, Airworthiness Division, 1972-1985
• Civil Aviation Authority, Safety Regulatory Group, 1985-1985
• Civil Aviation Authority, Safety Services Group, 1972-1985

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When the Air Registration Board was abolished in 1972 many of its functions were assumed by the Airworthiness Division of the new Civil Aviation Authority. The Division is responsible for ensuring that all British civil aircraft are fit to fly, and for the issue of certificates of airworthiness or temporary permits allowing them to do so.

The Division prepared and published the British Civil Airworthiness Requirements (BCAR) and, in consultation with the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), also produced Joint Airworthiness Requirements (JAR) for large aircraft, engines, propellors and auxiliary power units. It supervised the work of aircraft manufacturers and maintenance staff to ensure that engineers are properly trained and licensed and that aircraft are built and maintained to the appropriate standards. The Division has also produced and maintained flight manuals and maintenance schedules for each aircraft type.

Similar controls are exercised by the Division over UK passenger carrying hovercraft.

Much of the work of the Division was carried out by surveyors based at area offices around the country. There were also surveyors abroad working as expert advisers to foreign governments on a repayment basis.

The Airworthiness Division was replaced by the Safety Regulatory Group in 1985.