Instrument Number: CASA 301/04
Instrument Number: CASA 301/04
Instrument Number: CASA 301/04
CIVIL AVIATION ACT 1988
CIVIL AVIATION REGULATIONS 1988
DIRECTION UNDER REGULATION 208 RELATING TO THE
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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.
This instrument grants Balloon Aloft (Australia) Pty Ltd an exemption to operate one hot-air balloon (Cameron 315 VH‑VIE) with 16 passengers without a cabin attendant, allowing the pilot to perform briefing and emergency duties instead.
The exemption is conditional — pilot duties must be documented, passengers evenly distributed across four compartments, all passengers must hear the pilot, and all other Civil Aviation Orders apply (with two noted exceptions). It applied only to this operator/aircraft and expired in June 2007.
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Direct links to the current provisions in CASA 301/04 - Direction under regulation 208 relating to the carriage of a cabin attendant in a balloon.
CIVIL AVIATION ACT 1988
CIVIL AVIATION REGULATIONS 1988
DIRECTION UNDER REGULATION 208 RELATING TO THE
I, JAMES MARCOLIN, General Manager, General Aviation Operations, a delegate of CASA, under regulation 208 of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 (CAR 1988), direct that
(Aviation Reference Number 403672)
may, without carrying a cabin attendant, operate the class 4 Cameron 315 hot air balloon bearing the nationality and registration marks VH-VIE in operations that involve carrying 16 passengers, on condition that:
(a) the duties and responsibilities of the pilot in command relating to the briefing and control of passengers in normal and emergency situations are set out in the operator’s operations manual; and
(b) during the operations, an approximately equal weight of passengers is located in each of the balloon’s 4 passenger compartments; and
(c) during the operations, the passengers are, at all times, in a position to hear any instructions given by the pilot in command; and
(d) the operations are conducted in accordance with all relevant requirements set out in section 20.16.3 of the Civil Aviation Orders, other than subparagraph 6.1 (a) and paragraph 7.1.
This instrument comes into effect on 1 July 2004 and stops having effect at the end of June 2007.
[Signed J. Marcolin]
Jim Marcolin
General Manager
General Aviation Operations
11 June 2004
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CIVIL AVIATION ACT 1988
CIVIL AVIATION REGULATIONS 1988
DIRECTION UNDER REGULATION 208 RELATING TO THE
I, JAMES MARCOLIN, General Manager, General Aviation Operations, a delegate of CASA, under regulation 208 of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 (CAR 1988), direct that
(Aviation Reference Number 403672)
may, without carrying a cabin attendant, operate the class 4 Cameron 315 hot air balloon bearing the nationality and registration marks VH-VIE in operations that involve carrying 16 passengers, on condition that:
(a) the duties and responsibilities of the pilot in command relating to the briefing and control of passengers in normal and emergency situations are set out in the operator’s operations manual; and
(b) during the operations, an approximately equal weight of passengers is located in each of the balloon’s 4 passenger compartments; and
(c) during the operations, the passengers are, at all times, in a position to hear any instructions given by the pilot in command; and
(d) the operations are conducted in accordance with all relevant requirements set out in section 20.16.3 of the Civil Aviation Orders, other than subparagraph 6.1 (a) and paragraph 7.1.
This instrument comes into effect on 1 July 2004 and stops having effect at the end of June 2007.
[Signed J. Marcolin]
Jim Marcolin
General Manager
General Aviation Operations
11 June 2004