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(a) the name of the pilot in command;
 (b) the date and the time of the flight;
 (c) the type and size of the balloon, and its registration mark;
 (d) the place of departure;
 (e) the intended place of release of each person undertaking a parachute descent on the flight;
 (f) the calculated aircraft loaded weight on take-off;
 (g) the maximum allowable weight for the flight, having regard to the prevailing environmental conditions;
 (h) the calculated aircraft loading weight on landing;
 (i) a statement by the person responsible for planning the loading of the aircraft, that the load and its distribution are in accordance with the aircraft loading system and any applicable requirement of the Part 131 Manual of Standards;
 (j) if the person making the statement mentioned in paragraph (i) is not the pilot in command—a written acknowledgement by the pilot in command, that the pilot in command accepts the aircraft has been loaded as specified in the loading sheet.

Chapter 8—Instruments, indicators, equipment and systems

8.01  Scope of Chapter 8
  This Chapter:
 (a) is made for subregulation 105.130(1) of CASR; and
 (b)  prescribes requirements relating to:
 (i)  radio equipment that must be carried on aircraft being operated to facilitate parachute descents; and
 (ii) oxygen equipment that must be carried on aircraft being operated to facilitate parachute descents.

8.02  Carriage of radio equipment on jump aircraft
 (1) The operator of an aircraft that is used to facilitate a parachute descent must ensure the aircraft is fitted with radiocommunication systems that:
 (a) satisfy subsection 26.18(1) of the Part 91 Manual of Standards; and
 (b) are also capable of receiving communications on the frequency used for ground control (prescribed by item 2 of Part 1.2 in Schedule 1 to the Radiocommunications (Aircraft and Aeronautical Mobile Stations) Class Licence 2016).
Note: Item 2 of Part 1.2 in Schedule 1 to the Radiocommunications (Aircraft and Aeronautical Mobile Stations) Class Licence 2016 prescribes a frequency to be used for the purpose of parachute club operations.
 (2) Despite subsection (1), if the aircraft is a Part 103 aircraft or a manned free balloon, a radiocommunication system may be an aeronautical mobile station that is carried on board the aircraft.
 (3) In this section:
aeronautical mobile station has the meaning given by the Radiocommunications (Aircraft and Aeronautical Mobile Stations) Class Licence 2016, as in force from time to time.

8.03  Carriage of oxygen on jump aircraft
  The operator of an unpressurised aircraft (other than a Part 103 aircraft) being operated to facilitate a parachute descent must ensure that supplemental oxygen is provided in accordance with the requirements of Division 26.11 of the Part 91 Manual of Standards.
Note: See Division 26.11 of the Part 91 Manual