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Part 131 (Balloons and Hot Air Airships) Manual of Standards 2024

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Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts

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F2024L00056

11 January 2024

Table of contents

CHAPTER 1 PRELIMINARY AND DEFINITIONS
- Division 1.1 Preliminary
- 1.01 Name of instrument
- 1.02 Commencement
- 1.03 Table of Contents
- Division 1.2 Definitions — general
- 1.04 References to instruments and documents
- 1.05 References to TSOs, ETSOs, (E)TSOs
- 1.06 Definitions, etc.
CHAPTER 2 PRESCRIPTIONS FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS IN THE CASR DICTIONARY
- Division 2.1 Definition of special VFR
  - 2.01 Special VFR
- Division 2.2 Definition of VMC criteria
  - 2.02 VMC criteria
CHAPTER 3 OTHER PRESCRIPTIONS FOR DEFINITIONS FOR PART 131 OF CASR
- 3.01 Specialised balloon operation
- 3.02 Part 131 recreational activity
CHAPTER 4 PERSONNEL FATIGUE MANAGEMENT
- 4.01 Purpose
- 4.02 Personnel fatigue management
CHAPTER 5 FLIGHT RELATED DOCUMENTS
- 5.01 Carriage of documents — all flights
- 5.02 Carriage of documents — flights that begin or end, or are conducted entirely, outside Australian territory
- 5.03 Journey logs
- 5.04 Documents kept with a person on the ground
CHAPTER 6 REPORTING AND RECORDING INFORMATION
- 6.01 Purpose
- 6.02 Passenger lists
- 6.03 Recording loading weights and fuel usage
- 6.04 Other information to be recorded or retained
CHAPTER 7 EMERGENCY AND SURVIVAL EQUIPMENT INFORMATION
- 7.01 Information about emergency and survival equipment
CHAPTER 8 FLIGHTS OVER POPULOUS AREAS, PUBLIC GATHERINGS AND OTHER AREAS
- 8.01 Purpose
- 8.02 Minimum height for Part 131 aircraft — populous area or public gathering
CHAPTER 9 DROPPING THINGS FROM AIRCRAFT
- 9.01 Purpose
- 9.02 What may be dropped
CHAPTER 10 USE OF SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN EQUIPMENT, ETC.
- 10.01 Purpose
- 10.02 Requirements about the use of equipment to supply supplemental oxygen
CHAPTER 11 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIALISED BALLOON OPERATIONS
- 11.01 Purpose
- 11.02 RESERVED
CHAPTER 12 FLIGHT PREPARATION
- 12.01 Purpose
- 12.02 Flight preparation (weather assessments) requirements
CHAPTER 13 FLIGHT NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
- 13.01 Purpose
- 13.02 Flight notification requirements
- 13.03 Changes to flight plans and SARTIME nominations
- 13.04 Cancelling SARTIME
- 13.05 Responsible persons for receipt of a flight note
CHAPTER 14 MATTERS TO BE CHECKED BEFORE TAKE-OFF
- 14.01 Purpose
- 14.02 Pre-flight checks
- 14.03 Checking systems for measuring and displaying pressure altitude — general
- 14.04 Accurate QNH and site elevation
CHAPTER 15 AIR TRAFFIC SERVICES — PRESCRIBED REQUIREMENTS
- Division 15.1 Use of a class of airspace
- Division 15.2 Control zones, control areas, controlled aerodromes and classes of airspace
- Division 15.3 Prohibited, restricted and danger areas
CHAPTER 16 USE OF RADIO — BROADCASTS AND REPORTS
- 16.01 Purpose
- 16.02 Prescribed broadcasts and reports — general
- 16.03 Non-controlled aerodromes — prescribed broadcasts
- 16.04 Controlled aerodromes and controlled airspace — prescribed reports
- 16.05 Class E or G airspace — prescribed reports
- 16.06 Flights in a mandatory broadcast area — prescribed broadcasts and reports
CHAPTER 17 OPERATIONS AT NON-CONTROLLED AERODROMES
- 17.01 Purpose
- 17.02 Operating within 3 NM of a non-controlled aerodrome
CHAPTER 18 FLIGHTS OVER WATER
- 18.01 Purpose
- 18.02 Definition
- 18.03 Requirements for Part 131 aircraft flights over water
CHAPTER 19 VISUAL FLIGHT RULES
- 19.01 Purpose
- 19.02 VFR flight requirements
CHAPTER 20 OPERATION OF TETHERED PART 131 AIRCRAFT OTHER THAN A SUBPART 131.Z TETHERED GAS BALLOON
- 20.01 Purpose
- 20.02 Requirements for tethered flight
CHAPTER 21 FUEL AND BALLAST REQUIREMENTS
- 21.01 Purpose
- 21.02 Definitions for this Chapter
- 21.03 General requirements
- 21.04 Amount of fuel that must be carried for a flight
- 21.05 Procedures for determining fuel before flight and fuel monitoring during a flight
- 21.06 Procedures if fuel reaches specified amounts
- 21.07 Operational variations — procedures and requirements
CHAPTER 22 CARRIAGE OF PERSONS REQUIRING ASSISTANCE
- 22.01 Purpose
- 22.02 Requirements – persons requiring assistance – any Part 131 aircraft
- 22.03 Requirements — balloon transport operators
CHAPTER 23 PASSENGERS — SAFETY BRIEFINGS AND INSTRUCTIONS
- 23.01 Purpose
- 23.02 Safety briefing and instructions before take-off
- 23.03 Safety briefing and instructions before landing
- 23.04 Operator’s exposition
CHAPTER 24 LOADING WEIGHTS
- Division 24.1 Maximum loading weights
- Division 24.2 Minimum loading weights
  - 24.04 Purpose
  - 24.05 Circumstances and methods for calculating minimum loading weight
CHAPTER 25 CARRIAGE OF PASSENGERS
- 25.01 Purpose
- 25.02 Application
- 25.03 Maximum number of passengers
- 25.04 Pilot in command communications with passengers
- 25.05 Location of passengers
- 25.06 Carriage of children as passengers
- 25.07 On board equipment for passengers
- 25.08 Exposition requirements
CHAPTER 26 EQUIPMENT
- Division 26.1 General
  - 26.01 Purpose
- Division 26.2 Approvals and visibility
- Division 26.3 Flight instruments
  - 26.05 Part 131 aircraft VFR flight by day
  - 26.06 Hot air airship flight – VFR flight – additional requirements
- Division 26.4 Operational equipment
- Division 26.5 Lighting systems
  - 26.13 Lights for VFR flight at night
- Division 26.6 Oxygen equipment and oxygen supplies
  - 26.14 Supplemental oxygen equipment and supplies
- Division 26.7 Emergency locator transmitters
  - 26.15 ELT requirements
- Division 26.8 Portable emergency equipment
  - 26.16 Hand-held fire extinguishers
  - 26.17 First-aid kits
- Division 26.9 Equipment for flights over water
  - 26.18 Life jackets and flotation devices
- Division 26.10 Surveillance equipment
CHAPTER 27 FLIGHT CREW — QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING
- Division 27.1 Training and checking
- Division 27.2 Other qualifications or experience — general
- Division 27.3 Other qualifications or experience — balloon transport operations
CHAPTER 28 GROUND SUPPORT PERSONNEL
- Division 28.1 Training and checking for ground support personnel of balloon transport operators
- Division 28.2 Numbers of ground support personnel of balloon transport operators
  - 28.06 Purpose
  - 28.07 Numbers of ground support personnel
CHAPTER 29 TETHERED GAS BALLOONS
- 29.01 Purpose
- 29.02 Requirements — tethered gas balloon