CASA EX12/16 Exemption—aircraft operating without carriage of Mode S transponder equipment (Goldrush Ballooning) (Cth)

Instrument number CASA EX12/16

I, Mark alan skidmore, Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 11.160 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.

[Signed M. Skidmore]

Mark Skidmore AM
Director of Aviation Safety

20 January 2016

Exemption — aircraft operating without carriage of Mode S transponder equipment (Goldrush Ballooning)

1          Duration

                 This instrument:

(a)   commences on the day of registration; and

(b)   expires at the end of December 2018, as if it had been repealed by another instrument.

2          Application

                 This instrument applies to the aircraft mentioned in Schedule 1 operated by Goldrush Ballooning Pty Ltd, Aviation Reference Number 569224 (the operator).

3          Exemption

                 The aircraft mentioned in section 2 are exempt from compliance with paragraph 9E.2 of Civil Aviation Order 20.18 in relation to the requirement to carry a serviceable ADS-B capable Mode S transponder.

4          Condition

                 A person, who is using the aircraft to which this instrument applies, must ensure that all I.F.R. flight plans for the aircraft in Australian airspace are annotated in Item 18 with “RMK/CASA MODE S EXEMPT” (quotation marks omitted).

Note   If this annotation is not included in a flight plan, the Airservices Australia automated systems will reject the plan.

Schedule 1          Aircraft

                 An aircraft of an aircraft make or model mentioned in column 1 with the registration mark in column 2 of an item in the following table:

Item	Column 1 Aircraft make or model	Column 2 Registration mark
1	Kavanagh E240-363	VH-FXX
2	Cameron Special Shape Serial No. 11789	VH-UDO