NCO.GEN.135 Documents, manuals and information to be carried

CERTIFICATE OF AIRWORTHINESS The certificate of airworthiness should be a normal certificate of airworthiness, a restricted certificate of airworthiness or a permit to fly issued in accordance with the applicable airworthiness requirements.

CURRENT AND SUITABLE AERONAUTICAL CHARTS

(a)The aeronautical charts carried should contain data appropriate to the applicable air traffic regulations, rules of the air, flight altitudes, area/route and nature of the operation. Due consideration should be given to carriage of textual and graphic representations of:

(1)aeronautical data, including, as appropriate for the nature of the operation:

(i)airspace structure;

(ii)significant points, navigation aids (navaids) and air traffic services (ATS) routes;

(iii)navigation and communication frequencies;

(iv)prohibited, restricted and danger areas; and

(v)sites of other relevant activities that may hazard the flight; and

(2)topographical data, including terrain and obstacle data.

(b)A combination of different charts and textual data may be used to provide adequate and current data.

(c)The aeronautical data should be appropriate for the current aeronautical information regulation and control (AIRAC) cycle.

(d)The topographical data should be reasonably recent, having regard to the nature of the planned operation.

GENERAL

(a)In case of loss or theft of documents specified in NCO.GEN.135, the operation may continue until the flight reaches the base or a place where a replacement document can be provided.

(b)The documents, manuals and information may be available in a form other than on printed paper. An electronic storage medium is acceptable if accessibility, usability and reliability can be assured.

AFM OR EQUIVALENT DOCUMENT ‘Aircraft flight manual (AFM), or equivalent document’ means the flight manual for the aircraft or other documents containing information required for the operation of the aircraft within the terms of its certificate of airworthiness.

JOURNEY LOG OR EQUIVALENT ’Journey log or equivalent’ means that the required information may be recorded in documentation other than a log book, such as the operational flight plan or the aircraft technical log.

PROCEDURES AND VISUAL SIGNALS FOR USE BY INTERCEPTING AND INTERCEPTED AIRCRAFT The procedures and the visual signals information for use by intercepting and intercepted aircraft are those contained in the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s (ICAO) Annex 2.

DOCUMENTS THAT MAY BE PERTINENT TO THE FLIGHT Any other documents that may be pertinent to the flight or required by the States concerned with the flight may include, for example, forms to comply with reporting requirements.

STATES CONCERNED WITH THE FLIGHT The States concerned are those of origin, transit, overflight and destination of the flight.