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CASA 204/05 - Direction - carriage of cabin attendants in hot air balloons

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This direction temporarily permits Windward Adventures Pty Ltd to operate hot air balloon VH-UNK (B350) with 16 passengers and no cabin attendant, despite the usual 15‑passenger limit. It matters because it imposes strict safety conditions — even weight distribution, constant pilot‑to‑passenger communication, two trained ground crew documented in the operations manual, and compliance with CAO 20.16.3 — and replaced an earlier approval, expiring May 2008.

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CASA 204/05 - Direction - carriage of cabin attendants in hot air balloons

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Instrument number CASA 204/05

I, JAMES MARCOLIN, Acting General Manager, General Aviation Operations, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 208 of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988.

[Signed J. Marcolin]

Jim Marcolin

Acting General Manager

General Aviation Operations

27 May 2005

Direction — carriage of cabin attendants in hot air balloons

1 Duration

This instrument:

(a) commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments; and

(b) stops having effect at the end of May 2008.

2 Revocation

Instrument CASA 611/04 is revoked.

3 Application

This instrument applies to the B350 balloon (the balloon):

(a) bearing the nationality and registration marks VH-UNK; and

(b) operated by Windward Adventures Pty Ltd (Aviation Reference Number 403420) (the operator).

4 Direction

The operator may operate the balloon carrying more than 15 passengers without carrying a cabin attendant.

5 Conditions

The direction is subject to the conditions mentioned in Schedule 1.

Schedule 1 Conditions

1 No more than 16 passengers must be carried.

2 An approximately equal weight of passengers must be located in each passenger compartment.

3 During the operations, the passengers must, at all times, be in a position to hear any instructions given by the pilot in command.

4 There must be 2 suitably trained ground crew available, with 1 at either end of the basket, to assist the pilot with the embarkation and disembarkation of passengers.

5 The training required by the ground crew mentioned in clause 4 must be included in the operator’s operations manual.

6 The operations must be conducted in accordance with section 20.16.3 of the Civil Aviation Orders, other than subparagraph 6 (1) (a) and paragraph 7.

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Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.

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