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 109
What's it about?
AVIA 109
This series contains policy, precedent and procedural and legal files from Branches 7, 8 and 9 of the Directorate of Control (Operations). The subjects cover the functions of these departments which were the creation and amendment of air traffic...
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 109
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Aviation and successors: Directorate of Control (Operations) Branches 7,8 and 9: Registered Files (CN Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1959-1972
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains policy, precedent and procedural and legal files from Branches 7, 8 and 9 of the Directorate of Control (Operations). The subjects cover the functions of these departments which were the creation and amendment of air traffic control regulations, airspace use, the drafting of air miss reports, policy on dangerous flying areas, special flights, royal flights, meteorological procedures, search and rescue and the Aeronautical Information Service.
Common to many Ministry of Aviation file prefixes, "CN" was allocated as an arbitrary file series code which denotes no specific theme. Some records from the ACNO file series have been 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
Arranged in former reference order by accession
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the 8M file series see DR 87
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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CN files have been re-registered in a variety of Civil Aviation Authority file series (including: 8AP and 8N file series, which are not Public Record Office series at present); see:
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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)
- CN 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 and French
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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)
- 24 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 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 1984 and the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions in 1997.
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 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)
- Records preserved are mainly policy, precedent and procedural and legal files.
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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. It was responsible for medium-term planning and implementation of air traffic control services in the United Kingdom, both civil and military, and 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 through the merger of that department with the Ministry of Technology in 1970 to form the Department of Trade and Industry. In 1972 its functions were transferred to the newly established Civil Aviation Authority.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2689/
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Ministry of Aviation and successors: Directorate of Control (Operations) Branches 7,8 and 9: Registered Files (CN Series)
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