CASA 57/11 – Permission – flying over a public gathering at the Australian International Air Show, Avalon – Permission – flying below minimum height at the Australian International Air Show, Avalon (Cth)

Instrument number CASA 57/11

I, David John Farquharson, Team Leader Flying Operations, Southern Region, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under subregulation 156 (1) and paragraph 157 (4) (b) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988.

[Signed David Farquharson]

David Farquharson
Team Leader Flying Operations
Southern Region

15 February 2011

Permission — flying over a public gathering at the Australian International Air Show, Avalon

Permission — flying below minimum height at the Australian International Air Show, Avalon

1          Duration

          This instrument:

(a)   commences on 24 February 2011; and

(b)   stops having effect at the end of 6 March 2011.

2          Application

            This instrument applies to operations:

(a)   in connection with the Australian International Air Show 2011 (the Air Show), organised by Aviation Development Australia Limited (ADAL); and

(b)   engaged in by a person mentioned in Schedule 1 (an approved pilot) while acting as pilot in command of an aircraft mentioned in Schedule 1.

3          Permissions

(1)                 An approved pilot may fly an aircraft at the Air Show at Avalon, Victoria:

(a)   over a public gathering; and

(b)   at a height less than 1 000 feet above the highest point of the terrain, or any object on it, within a radius of:

             (i)  in the case of an aircraft other than a helicopter — 600 metres; or

            (ii)  in the case of a helicopter — 300 metres;

          taken from a point on the terrain, vertically below the aircraft.

(2)     In spite of paragraph 4.2 (2) of Civil Aviation Order 29.4 (CAO 29.4), an approved pilot, when flying an aircraft below 1 500 feet above ground level:

(a)   may track or manoeuvre towards spectators within a horizontal distance of 500 metres; and

(b)   may pass within 200 metres horizontal distance of spectators.

4          Conditions

          An approved pilot must comply with the conditions mentioned in Schedule 2.

Schedule 1          Pilots and aircraft to which the permissions apply

          These permissions apply to:

(a)   pilots who are registered with ADAL for participation in operations involving flights over a public gathering at the Air Show; and

(b)   aircraft that are also registered with ADAL for that purpose.

Schedule 2          Conditions to which the permissions are subject

   1     In this Schedule:

          flypast means wings-level flight by an aircraft (not in close formation) parallel to, or moving away from, the line of spectators, and with a rate of climb or descent no greater than 500 feet per minute.

          manoeuvres means any movement of an aircraft involving rolling, pitching or yawing.

   2     An approved pilot must comply with CAO 29.4, other than paragraph 4.2 (2) (Manoeuvring Limitations).

   3     An approved pilot must not fly a fixed-wing aircraft with any rate of closure towards spectators within the following minimum horizontal distances:

(a)   for an aircraft with a display speed of not more than 100 knots — 150 metres; or

(b)   for an aircraft with a display speed more than 100 knots and not more than 200 knots — 350 metres; or

(c)   for an aircraft with a display speed more than 200 knots or a maximum take-off weight greater than 5 700 kg — 500 metres.

   4     An approved pilot must not conduct a flypast within a horizontal distance from spectators of less than 100 metres.

   5     When taking-off:

(a)   the approved pilot, or approved pilots, must ensure that an aircraft, or a close formation of aircraft, must remain on, or above, the centreline of the designated runway until at a safe height; and

(b)   the approved pilot, or approved pilots, may then manoeuvre away from the spectators to gain appropriate minimum distance from spectators, after gaining a safe height.

   6     When landing an aircraft, or a close formation of aircraft, the approved pilot, or approved pilots:

(a)   must conduct conventional manoeuvres to gain the centreline of the designated runway; and

(b)   must ensure that an aircraft, or a close formation of aircraft, remains aligned with the centreline of the runway until the aircraft or formation has slowed down to a safe taxi speed.

   7     An approved pilot of a fixed-wing aircraft must not conduct manoeuvres within the following minimum horizontal distances from spectators:

(a)   for an aircraft with a display speed of not more than 100 knots — 100 metres;

(b)   for an aircraft with a display speed greater than 100 knots and not more than 300 knots — 250 metres;

(c)   for an aircraft with a display speed greater than 300 knots or a maximum take-off weight greater than 5 700 kg — 350 metres.

   8     An approved pilot must not fly a helicopter with any rate of closure towards spectators within the following minimum horizontal distances:

(a)   for a helicopter operating at an airspeed of not more than 40 knots — 100 metres;

(b)   for a helicopter operating at an airspeed more than 40 knots but not more than 100 knots — 150 metres;

(c)   for a helicopter operating at an airspeed above 100 knots — 200 metres.

   9     An approved pilot of a helicopter must not conduct manoeuvres within the following minimum horizontal distances of spectators:

(a)   for a helicopter with a maximum take-off weight up to, and including, 5 700 kg — not more than 100 metres;

(b)   for a helicopter with a maximum take-off weight greater than 5 700 kg — not more than 150 metres.

10     An approved pilot must not fly a powered parachute within a horizontal distance of 100 metres from spectators.