1CASA 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(b) expires at the end of December 2018, as if it had been repealed by another instrument.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Instrument CASA EX15/16 is repealed.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.