Isn't it a legal requirement that a pilot's operating handbook (or equivalent) be either in the aircraft, or located at the airfield if the plane is less than 1 hour's flight time?
Refer most recent Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 See: http://www.casa.gov.au/rules/1998casr/pdf/all1998.pdf (Warning this is a 3.3 MB file) Or use: http://www.casa.gov.au/rules/1998casr/ And navigate around. 137.120 Documents to be carried on a flight (1) The pilot in command of an aeroplane being used for an application operation must have a copy of the aeroplane's flight manual, or an approved alternative document, on board the aeroplane on every flight. Penalty: 10 penalty units. (2) The pilot must also have the documents or copies mentioned in subregulations (4) and (5) on board the aeroplane on a flight if the aeroplane will be more than 1 hour's flying time (at cruise speed in still air) from the operator's principal operating base. Penalty: 10 penalty units. (3) However, if: (a) the aeroplane is to be based for more than 7 days at a place that is not the operator's principal operating base (a substitute base); and (b) the aeroplane is less than 1 hour's flying time (at cruise speed in still air) from the substitute base; the documents or copies mentioned in subregulations (4) and (5) may be kept at the substitute base. (4) For subregulations (2) and (3), the documents are: (a) the aeroplane's flight and maintenance records; and (b) each of the following documents, or copies of the documents: (i) the aeroplane's certificate of registration; (ii) the aeroplane's certificate of airworthiness (or, if applicable, special flight permit); (iii) the current medical certificate for, and licence of, the pilot. (5) However, if the operations manual states that only a specified part of a document mentioned in subregulation (1) or paragraph (4) (a) must be carried during a flight, only that part need be carried. (6) A contravention of subregulation (1) or (2) is an offence of strict liability. _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
