(2) If the owner or pilot of a British aircraft does anything or permits anything to be done, or carries or permits to be carried any papers or documents, with intent to conceal the British character of the aircraft or of any person entitled under this Act to inquire into the same, or with intent to assume a foreign character, or with intent to deceive any person so entitled as aforesaid, the aircraft shall be liable to be seized and detained under this Act, and the pilot, if he commits or is privy to the commission of the offence, shall in respect of each offence be guilty of a misdemeanour. (3) If an unqualified person acquires as owner, otherwise than in accordance with this Act or the regulations made thereunder, any interest, either legal or beneficial, in an aircraft assuming the British character, that interest shall be subject to forfeiture. APPLICATION OF FOREIGN ENLISTMENT ACT 22—The Foreign Enlistment Act, 1870, shall have effect as if the expression “ship” included any description of aircraft, and as if the expression “equipping” in relation to an aircraft included, in addition to the things specifically mentioned in that Act, any other thing which is used in or about an aircraft for the purpose of fitting or adapting her for aerial navigation. EXTENT OF ACT 23—(1) The provisions of this Act and of the regulations made thereunder shall, except so far as they are expressly limited to the British Islands and the territorial waters adjacent thereto, apply to— (_a_) all British aircraft wheresoever they may be; and (_b_) all foreign aircraft whilst in or over any part of His Majesty’s dominions and the territorial waters adjacent thereto; and in any case arising in a British Court concerning matters arising within British jurisdiction foreign aircraft shall, so far as respects such provisions, be treated as if they were British aircraft. Provided that no such provisions, except those relating to the registration of aircraft and those contained in collision regulations, aircraft papers, regulations, and signals of distress regulations, shall apply to aircraft whilst in or over any part of His Majesty’s dominions outside the British Islands or in or over the territorial waters adjacent to any such part. (2) Subject as aforesaid, nothing in this Act shall be construed as limiting the power of the legislature of any British possession outside the British Islands to make provision in relation to the possession and the territorial waters adjacent thereto with respect to any of the matters dealt with by this Act. EXEMPTION OF GOVERNMENT AIRCRAFT 24—This Act shall not, except so far as it may be applied by Order in Council, apply to aircraft belonging to His Majesty. CHAPTER XV THE TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT THE NC’S—THE LOSS OF THE C-5—READ’S STORY—BELLINGER’S STORY—THE GREAT NAVAL FLIGHT—HAWKER’S STORY—ALCOCK’S STORY—THE R-34