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Ministry of Aviation and successors: Aeronautical Information Service: Aerodrome...
Catalogue reference: AVIA 75
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AVIA 75
This series comprises files containing information relating to specific aerodromes in the British Isles. Information was distributed by means of a formal briefing service and by such publications as the Air Pilot and Notices to Airmen (NOTAMS)....
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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AVIA 75
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Aviation and successors: Aeronautical Information Service: Aerodrome Information, Registered Files (EZ/B Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1957-1972
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series comprises files containing information relating to specific aerodromes in the British Isles.
Information was distributed by means of a formal briefing service and by such publications as the Air Pilot and Notices to Airmen (NOTAMS).
The registered files in this series were raised in the Ministry of Aviation, although a few files contain papers originating in the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, and comprise a selection relating to well-known airports.
The papers mainly concern the issue of NOTAMS and of amendments to Air Pilot.
AVIA 75/1-33 were transferred from DR 4/273-305
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Earlier files of the AIS can be found in pieces 55-71 of BT 249
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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EZ/B file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Board of Trade, Civil Aviation Department, 1966-1970
- Civil Aviation Authority, 1972-1972
- Department of Trade and Industry, Aeronautical Information Service, 1970-1972
- Ministry of Aviation, Aeronautical Information Service, 1959-1967
- Ministry of Supply, Aeronautical Information Service, 1957-1959
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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33 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Aeronautical Information Service (AIS) formed part of the Aviation Control and Navigation Operations Directorate (ANCO) of the Ministry of Aviation and its functions were to collect, record and distribute information on aerodromes, telecommunications facilities and navigational hazards, and to formulate ensuing procedures and regulations in the United Kingdom. It also provided briefs and follow-up action on overseas aeronautical information from the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).
The AIS was transferred to the Board of Trade in January 1967, and subsequently to the Department of Trade and Industry in 1970 and the Civil Aviation Authority in 1972
In 1963, the AIS became part of the new Directorate of Control (Operations) which transferred intact to the Board of Trade (Controllerate of National Air Traffic Control Services) in 1967.
When the Civil Aviation Authority was formed in 1972, the AIS became part of its National Air Traffic Services (NATS), with a headquarters located at Control Tower Building, London Heathrow Airport. Under NATS, the functions were formally stated:
to collect, collate, edit and disseminate aeronautical information necessary for the safety and efficiency of air navigation to interested parties, including the air traffic control service, aircrew, airline operators and other aviation organisations;to receive post-flight information.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2655/
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