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CASA EX39/16 - Exemption - aircraft operating without carriage of Mode S transponder equipment (Balloon Flights Over Melbourne)

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

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This instrument exempted Balloon Flights Over Melbourne Pty Ltd (ARN 598425) from the usual Civil Aviation Order 20.18 requirement to carry Mode S transponders, allowing time‑limited use of serviceable Mode A/C units instead. For IFR flights the flight plan had to include the remark RMK/CASA MODE S EXEMPT to avoid automated rejection.

It reduced cost and weight burdens for the company’s hot air balloons; it commenced March 2016 and expired end‑December 2018.

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CASA EX39/16 - Exemption - aircraft operating without carriage of Mode S transponder equipment (Balloon Flights Over Melbourne)

Instrument number CASA EX39/16

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.

[Signed Mark Skidmore AM]

Mark Skidmore AM
Director of Aviation Safety

7 March 2016

Exemption — aircraft operating without carriage of Mode S transponder equipment (Balloon Flights Over Melbourne)

1 Duration

This instrument:

(a) commences on the day of registration; and

(b) expires at the end of December 2018, as if it had been repealed by another instrument.

2 Repeal

Instrument CASA EX15/16 is repealed.

3 Application

This instrument applies to balloons operated by Balloon Flights Over Melbourne Pty Ltd, Aviation Reference Number 598425 (the operator).

4 Exemption

The balloons mentioned in section 3 are exempt from compliance with paragraph 9E.2 of Civil Aviation Order 20.18 in relation to the requirement to carry a serviceable ADS-B capable Mode S transponder.

5 Conditions

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

Schedule 1 General conditions

1 The operator must ensure that each balloon taking advantage of this exemption carries a serviceable Mode A/C transponder.

2 The operator must ensure that I.F.R. flight plans for the aircraft in Australian airspace are annotated in Item 18 with “RMK/CASA MODE S EXEMPT” (quotation marks omitted).

Note If this annotation is not included in a flight plan, the Airservices Australia automated systems will reject the plan.

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