Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1991 No. 287 CIVIL AVIATION REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 7

  7.1   Subregulation 172 (2):
Omit "subregulation (3)", substitute "subregulations (3), (4) and (5)".
  7.2   Add at the end:


"(4) In spite of subregulation (2), a balloon may conduct a V.F.R. flight
outside controlled airspace if it is flown by day:

   (a)  at a height that is less than 500 feet above the ground or water; and

   (b)  with a flight visibility of at least 100 metres; and

   (c)  at least 10 miles from an aerodrome for which an instrument approach
        procedure has been approved.

"(5) In spite of subregulation (2), a balloon may conduct a V.F.R. flight
outside controlled airspace if it is flown:

   (a)  at a height that is 500 feet or more above the ground or water but
        less than 5,000 feet above mean sea level; and

   (b)  with a flight visibility of at least 5,000 metres; and

   (c)  at least 600 metres horizontally from cloud; and

   (d)  at least 500 feet vertically above any cloud over which the balloon is
        flying if the top of that cloud is more than 500 feet above the ground
        or water; and

   (e)  at least 500 feet vertically below any cloud under which the balloon
        is flying; and

   (f)  at least 10 miles from an aerodrome for which an instrument approach
        procedure has been approved.".