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CASA EX26/15 - Exemption — low-level operations at air displays

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This instrument temporarily exempts certain pilots commanding CASA‑approved air displays from strict low‑level qualifications, allowing limited low flying at shows even if they lack a low‑level or aerial application rating.

The exemption is tightly constrained: flights must follow the CASA display approval, stay above 200 ft (≈60 m), limit bank angles between 200–500 ft, and apply only to display operations—not general low‑level flying.

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CASA EX26/15 - Exemption — low-level operations at air displays

Instrument number CASA EX26/15

I, MARK ALAN SKIDMORE, Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 11.160 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 (CASR 1998).

[Signed Mark Skidmore AM]

Mark Skidmore AM
Director of Aviation Safety

13 February 2015

Exemption — low-level operations at air displays

1 Duration

This instrument:

(a) commences on the day of registration; and

(b) expires at the end of January 2018, as if it had been repealed by another instrument.

2 Definition

low-level operation has the same meaning given by regulation 61.010 of CASR 1998.

3 Application

This exemption applies to each pilot in command of an aircraft (the pilot) who:

(a) is conducting a low-level operation at an air display approved by CASA; and

(b) does not hold a low-level rating or an aerial application rating.

4 Exemption

The pilot is exempt from:

(a) paragraph 157 (1) (b) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988; and

(b) subregulation 61.065 (1) of CASR 1998; and

5 Conditions

The exemptions are subject to the conditions in Schedule 1.

Schedule 1 — Conditions

1 The pilot must not fly below 200 feet.

2 The pilot must not fly with a bank angle of more than 30º between 200 feet and 500 feet.

3 For an air display in which the pilot is conducting a low-level operation, the pilot must comply with any relevant conditions contained in the air display approval issued by CASA.

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