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Reference
(The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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DR 53
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Title
(The name of the record)
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Civil Aviation Authority: Central Library: Reports (CAA Papers Series)
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Date
(When the record was created)
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1975-1979
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Description
(What the record is about)
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A series of research and development papers and reports on technical matters previously held by the Civil Aviation Authority Library.
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Arrangement
(Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The CAA Papers were originally issued by order of publication; CAA Paper 76041 denotes the 41st commissioned report of the year 1976. Reports preserved in the PRO will not follow this order as they were not originally stored in this order. Papers will be arranged in numerical order by each accession.
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Separated material
(A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Those CAA papers marked "Commercial in confidence" have not been transferred to the PRO. These are kept at CAA Central Library and there are restrictions on their use by the public.
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Held by
(Who holds the record)
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The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference
(Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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CAA papers 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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Civil Aviation Authority, Information and Publicity Branch, 1972-1983
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Physical description
(The amount and form of the record)
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144 volume(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 unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition
(When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 1999 Civil Aviation Authority
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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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- Topics
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Air transport
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Research
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Accumulation dates
(The dates the record was accumulated)
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1975-
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Accruals
(Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing. Civil Aviation Authority, Central Library has archived reports (CAA Papers) starting from number 80001 and dating from 1980. An estimated 95 % of reports commissioned prior to 1980 have also been archived at the Library.
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Selection and destruction information
(Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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All reports which are not classified as 'Commercial in confidence' are due to be selected for preservation.
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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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All Civil Aviation Authority and National Air Traffic Service departments were able to tender and publish reports on particular subjects of interest. However, most were submitted to the Library by the research and development departments.
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Record URL
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6290/