1CASA 306/05 - Direction – carriage of cabin attendant in hot air balloon

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Instrument number CASA 306/05

I, JAMES WATERS, Manager, General Aviation Operations make this instrument under regulation 208 of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988.

[Signed J. Waters]

James Waters

Manager, General Aviation Operations

25 August 2005

Direction — carriage of cabin attendant in hot air balloon

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 June 2008.

2 Application

This instrument applies to the Colt 315A balloon:

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

(b) operated by International Balloon Flight Company (Australia) Pty Ltd, trading as Hunter Valley Hot Air Ballooning (Aviation Reference Number 572815) (the operator).

3 Direction

The operator may engage in operations involving carrying more than 15 passengers without carrying a cabin attendant.

4 Conditions

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

Schedule 1 Conditions

1 No more than 18 passengers may 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 Civil Aviation Order 20.16.3, other than subparagraph 6 (1) (a) and paragraph 7.1.