Aerial Navigation

Aerial Navigation. The (English) Aerial Navigation Act, 1911, 1913 and 1919, were repealed by the (English) Air Navigation Act of 1920 as amended, which together with the Air Navigation Orders thereunder contain the general law, and see also the (English) Air Navigation Act, 1936 (26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8, c. 44). The purpose of this legislation was (inter alia) to prevent air-craft from being a military danger and to protect persons on the ground. Air-craft from abroad are obliged to land in specified areas. Very stringent powers of enforcing orders are given, including power to fire into any disobedient craft. Air-craft are now included among the things which may be requisitioned for army purposes; see (English) Army (Annual) Act, 1913, s. 5. For rules of the air, see Air Navigation (Consolidation) Order, 1923 (S.R.&O. 1923, No. 1508). For the composition of the Air Force and Air Force Reserve, see the (English) Air Force Act, 1917, and succeeding Acts, also the Army (Annual) Acts.