Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2013C00286:body:0:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2013C00286
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 5038–7738

towing a glider.

3 Licence not required
       3.1For the purposes of paragraph 20AB (1) (b) of the Act (Flying aircraft without a licence etc.), a person is authorised to perform any duty essential to the operation of a glider without holding a flight crew licence, except making airborne radio transmissions on aeronautical HF frequencies.

4 Issue of charter glider authorisation
       4.1A person must not pilot a glider engaged in charter operations unless he or she:
(a) holds a charter glider authorisation issued by a CFI that certifies that the person meets the requirements set out in Appendix 1; and
(b) the charter glider authorisation has not stopped having effect under paragraph 4.4.
       4.2A charter glider authorisation must be entered in the glider pilot's log book.
       4.3A charter glider authorisation has effect for the period, not exceeding 2 years and 5 months, stated in it.
       4.4A charter glider authorisation stops having effect:
(a) if the authorisation is suspended by a CFI; or
(b) if the pilot ceases to meet the requirements of Appendix 1; or
(c) at the end of the period stated in it;
       whichever happens first.
       4.5A charter glider authorisation must not be renewed unless the glider pilot has satisfactorily completed a flight test conducted by a level 2 GFA instructor.

5 Conditions applicable to the holder of a charter glider authorisation
       5.1The holder of a charter glider authorisation must not operate a glider unless, in the 3 months preceding the charter flight, he or she has been at the controls of a glider of the kind undertaking the flight for at least 3 take-offs and 3 landings.
       5.2The holder of a charter glider authorisation must not operate a glider under I.F.R. or at night.
       5.3The holder of a charter glider authorisation who is flying a glider engaged in ridge or hill soaring must not fly at a height of less than 100 feet if within 100 metres of a person, a building, or a public road.
       5.4The holder of a charter glider authorisation must not fly a glider over water beyond a safe gliding distance from a suitable landing area.
       5.5The holder of a charter glider authorisation:
(a) must plan a charter operation so as to land at the place from which it departed; and
(b) in the case of a power-assisted sailplane or a powered sailplane — must have the aircraft's engine in operation during all times that the aircraft is out of gliding range of the aerodrome from which it took off; and
(c) except in an emergency — must not land a glider anywhere except the aerodrome from which it took off.
       5.6The holder of a charter glider authorisation must not undertake a charter flight