Series
Loraine Papers
Catalogue reference: FO 1011
Date: 1836-1973
This series contains both personal and official papers, including photograph albums, of the diplomat Sir Percy Loraine (1880-1961). It includes...
Series
Ministry of Aviation and successors: Directorate of Control (Operations) Branches...
Catalogue reference: AVIA 108
What's it about?
AVIA 108
This series contains registered files of the Directorate of Control (Operations), Branches 1-6, 14 and 15. The files concern these branches' responsibilities for medium term planning of operations and the implementation of air traffic control...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- AVIA 108
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Aviation and successors: Directorate of Control (Operations) Branches 1-6, 14 and 15: Registered Files (CO Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1961-1968
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains registered files of the Directorate of Control (Operations), Branches 1-6, 14 and 15. The files concern these branches' responsibilities for medium term planning of operations and the implementation of air traffic control services in the United Kingdom; both civil and military. Some files from the ACNO series were re-registered into this series.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Former reference order by transfer
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Files of the Electronic Research and Development (Civil Aviation) Branch are in
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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)
- CO file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Board of Trade, Directorate of Control (Operations), 1966-1970
- Department of Trade and Industry, Directorate of Control (Operations), 1970-1972
- Ministry of Aviation, Directorate of Control (Operations), 1962-1966
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 6 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2000 Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
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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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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Transferred to the Department of Trade in 1974, the Department of Transport in 1976 and the Department of the Environment, Transport, and the Regions in 1997.
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- Series ran 1962-1971
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Most policy files have been selected
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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 Directorate of Control (Operations) was set up in the Ministry of Aviation in December 1962 as part of the new National Air Traffic Control Services organisation. Its director was the senior military adviser on air traffic control to the Controller of the National Air Traffic Control Services.
In the latter half of 1966 the directorate was transferred to the Board of Trade, where it remained when that department merged with the Ministry of Technology in 1970 to form the Department of Trade and Industry. In 1972 its functions were transferred to the newly created Civil Aviation Authority.
The directorate was operative in the planning for navigation systems and facilities for United Kingdom controlled airspace and the North Atlantic control area, and for departmental aspects of military air traffic control operations and training.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2688/
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Ministry of Aviation and successors: Directorate of Control (Operations) Branches 1-6, 14 and 15: Registered Files (CO Series)
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