Instrument number CASA EX150/15
I, JONATHAN ALECK, Associate Director of Aviation Safety, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 11.160 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 (CASR 1998).
[Signed Jonathan Aleck]
Jonathan Aleck
Associate Director of Aviation Safety
27 August 2015
Exemption — flight in class D airspace within 16 kilometres of an aerodrome
1 Duration
This instrument:
(a) commences on 1 September 2015; and
(b) expires at the end of August 2018, as if it had been repealed by another instrument.
2 Definitions
hang-glider, for the purposes of this instrument, has the same meaning as given by subregulation 200.001 (2) of CASR 1998.
HGFA means the Hang Gliding Federation of Australia Incorporated, Aviation Reference Number 527469.
3 Application
This instrument applies to the operation of hang-gliders by members of the Sunshine Coast Sports Aviators Inc. (the Association) for operations in Class D airspace and within 16 kilometres of Sunshine Coast Airport (YBSU).
4 Exemption
A member of the Association is exempt from the requirements of sub‑subparagraph 7.1 (i) (iii) and paragraph 7.6 of Civil Aviation Order 95.8.
5 Conditions
The exemption is subject to the conditions mentioned in Schedule 1.
Schedule 1 — Conditions
1 A person must not act as pilot in command of a hang-glider unless he or she is a member of the HGFA.
2 The operations must be within the 2 areas:
(a) Area A (Point Cartwright), the line drawn between Beacon Lighthouse, Lat 26° 40’ 47” and Long 153° 8’ 18” south and 100 m offshore to a point at the northern end of the residential area at coordinates Lat 26° 41’47”, Long 153° 8’ 10” and 100 m offshore; and
(b) Area B within the boundaries of a line following the coastline from coordinate Lat 26° 40’ 16”, Long 153° 6’ 36” and 100 m offshore to a position at coordinates Lat 26° 40’ 42”, Long 153° 7’ 8”.
3 Operations must not be above 300 ft AMSL.
4 Operations must be conducted only in V.M.C.
5 The duty pilot must obtain approval from Airservices Australia (AA) Sunshine Coast Tower on each occasion that flying is planned to occur.
6 The duty pilot must also advise AA each time flying operations are completed.
7 As soon as possible after an incident or accident, the Duty Pilot must report it to:
(a) the Australian Transport Safety Bureau; and
(b) the Team Leader, Self-Administering Sport Aviation Organisations Section, CASA; and
(c) the HGFA.
Note Reports to the Team Leader, Self-Administering Sport Aviation Organisations Section, CASA, may be sent by email to sport@casa.gov.au.