CASA 182/06 Direction – carriage of cabin attendant in hot air balloon (Cth)

Instrument number CASA 182/06

I, ALAN JAMES COOK, Manager Operations, General Aviation Operations Group, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 208 of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988.

[Signed Alan Cook]

Alan Cook

Manager Operations

General Aviation Operations Group

5 June 2006

Direction — carriage of cabin attendant in hot air balloon

1          Duration

            This instrument:

(a)   commences on the day after it is registered; and

(b)   stops having effect at the end of 31 May 2009.

2          Application

            This instrument applies to the Kavanagh E-300 hot air balloon:

(a)   bearing the nationality and registration marks VH-HTB (the balloon); and

(b)   operated by Balloon Aloft Australia Pty Ltd, Aviation Reference Number 403672 (the operator); and

(c)   engaged in operations that involve carrying more than 15 passengers.

3          Direction

            The operator may operate the balloon without carrying a cabin attendant.

4Conditions

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

Schedule 1          Conditions

      1     The balloon must not carry more than 20 passengers on any operation.

      2     An approximately equal weight of passengers must be located in each passenger compartment.

      3     During operations, the passengers must, at all times, be in a position to hear any instructions given by the pilot in command.

      4     There must be 2 suitably trained ground crew available, with 1 at either end of the basket, to assist the pilot with the embarkation and disembarkation of passengers.

      5     The training required by the ground crew mentioned in clause 4 must be included in the operator’s operations manual.

      6     The operations must be conducted in accordance with Civil Aviation Order 20.16.3, other than subparagraph 6.1 (a) and paragraph 7.1.