CASA 415/05 Direction Carriage of cabin attendant in hot air balloon (Cth)

Instrument number CASA 415/05

I, ALAN COOK, Manager, North Queensland Field Office, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 208 of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 (CAR 1988).

[Signed Alan Cook]

Alan Cook
Manager
North Queensland Field Office

4 October 2005

Direction — Carriage of cabin attendant in hot air balloon

1          Duration

          This instrument:

(a)   commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments; and

(b)   stops having effect at the end of June 2007.

2          Application

          This instrument applies to each balloon (the balloon) that:

(a)   is operated by Raging Thunder Balloon Adventures Pty Ltd (Aviation Reference Number 520686) (the operator); and

(b)   bears a nationality and registration mark mentioned in Schedule 1; and

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

3          Direction

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

4          Conditions

            The direction is subject to the conditions mentioned in Schedule 2.

Schedule 1          Nationality and registration marks

VH-AYB VH-RBT VH-RTQ VH-URT

Schedule 2          Conditions

      1     The balloon with nationality and registration mark VH-AYB must not carry more than 16 passengers.

      2     The balloon with the nationality and registration mark VH-RBT, VH-RTQ or VH-URT must not carry more than 20 passengers.

      3     During the operations:

(a)   an approximately equal weight of passengers must be located in each of the balloon’s 4 compartments; and

(b)   the passengers must be, at all times, in a position to hear any instructions given by the pilot in command.

      4     When more than 15 passengers are carried, there must be 2 suitably qualified ground crew available, with 1 at either end of the basket, to assist the pilot with the embarkation and disembarkation of passengers.

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

      6     The operation must comply with Civil Aviation Order 20.16.3, other than subparagraph 6.1 (a) and paragraph 7.1.