Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2010L01271:reg:13
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2010L01271
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 13
Character Range: 19596–21179

13                                                       Class G                                                            Balloons                              Below 500 ft above ground or water                                                                                                                             100 m                                               Not applicable                                                                    Day operation only provided the balloon is at least 10 NM from an aerodrome with an approved instrument approach procedure.

Note 1   V.F.R. aircraft are not permitted to fly in Class A airspace.

Note 2   SVFR means Special Visual Flight Rules and is dealt with in subregulations 172 (4) and (5) of CAR 1988.

Note 3   Subregulation 258 (1) of CAR 1988 provides that the pilot in command of the aircraft must not fly over water at a distance from land greater than the distance from which the aircraft could reach land if the engine, or, in the case of a multi-engined aircraft, the critical engine (being the engine the non-operation of which when the other engines are in operation gives the highest minimum speed at which the aircraft can be controlled) were inoperative.

Subregulation 258 (3) provides that it is a defence to a prosecution under subregulation 258 (1) of CAR 1988 if the flight was in accordance with directions issued by CASA. CASA has issued Directions which, if complied with during a permitted flight over water, would allow the flight to be at the greater distance mentioned in subregulation 258 (1).