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• all locker and compartment doors of the aircraft are fastened;
• the safety harness or seat belt of any vacant seat ismade secure so as to
avoid the foulingof the controls of the aircraft;
• the dual controls (if any) of the aircraft are removed from the aircraft or
rendered inoperative, unless the control seats are occupied in accordance
withCAR226 (page23) or the dual control seat is vacant; and
• every person in the aircraft is securedwith correctly adjusted safety
harness or seat belt.
FLYINGOVERPUBLICGATHERINGS (CAR 156)
Exceptwith the permission, inwriting, of CASA and in accordancewith the
conditions specified in the permit, an aircraft shall not beflown over any
regatta, racemeetingor public gathering.
Nothing in the above shall apply to an aircraft passing over a regatta, race
meeting or public gathering in theprocess of:
• arriving at or departing from an aerodrome in the courseof its normal
navigation for so doing; or
• passing from place toplace in the ordinary course of navigation.
LOW FLYING (CAR 157)
An aircraftmust not fly over:
• any city, town or populous area, at a height lower than 1000 ft; or
• any other area at a height lower than 500 ft.
A height specified in the above is the height above thehighest point of the
terrain, and any object on it, within a radius of:
• in the case of an aircraft other than a helicopter 600m; or
• in the case of a helicopter 300m; from a point on the terrain vertically
below the aircraft.
Paragraphone does not apply in respect of a helicopter flying at a designated
altitudewithin an access lane details ofwhichhave been published in theAIP
or NOTAMS for useby helicopters arriving at or departing from a specified
place.
Paragraphone (above) does not apply if:
inflight
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