Yeah but close up they'll be able to see they are getting into the right glider :-)
I'd replace all that verbiage in Part 45 with a requirement to have rego letters 75mm high for all aircraft both sides of the fin or fuselage and no necessity to have the VH bit if used inside Australian territory. Too simple I guess. That page you linked to was for a disallowable instrument that expired in 2013. Maybe there is a later re- issue. Mike > On 8 Jan 2015, at 10:56 am, Niall Doherty <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks all. The main thing is that nothing is required on the wings. > > Mike B...minimum 75mm - at the age of most glider pilots they wouldn't be > able to read those from the wingtip! > > Regards > ND > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > [email protected] "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in > Australia." <[email protected]> > > To: > "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." > <[email protected]> > Cc: > > Sent: > Wed, 07 Jan 2015 17:00:01 +1100 > Subject: > Re: [Aus-soaring] Registration markings > > > Niall > > You are correct that at present there is no requirement for registration > markings under the wings on any aircraft below 5700 kg MTOW operated in > Australia. The exemption was renewed in 2012 and falls due again at the end > of this month: since I am not aware of any formal post-implementation review > of Part 45 I would expect that it will be renewed for a further 3 years at > that time. > > You do need to display the nationality mark "VH-" as well as the registration > letters, in letters at least 150mm high that contrast with the background, > and you do need the fireproof plate mentioned in the exemption (meeting the > requirements of reg 21.820). > > You may also display a contest marking on the vertical fin and rudder (if the > registration is marked on the fuselage sides) - many gliders, especially > those with G as the first letter, use the last 2 letters of the registration > for this, but others display a letter and a number, or two digits - these are > becoming quite popular - for instance 36, W3, 4D, Q7, S7 are all in use. > These are likely to be administered by the GFA so you should talk to the GFA > airworthiness people if you want to use one of these. > > The convention is that if an aircraft is marked in accordance with the rules, > and the4 rules later change, the markings do not require to be changed until > the aircraft is next painted or refinished - so if the rules change at the > end of the month and you do not have the glider marked yet, you could have to > change to meet the new rules, whatever they may be (but that may be unlikely > to happen). > > Wombat > > On 7/01/2015 3:00 PM, Niall Doherty wrote: > All > > My understanding of this page > > http://www.casa.gov.au/scripts/nc.dll?WCMS:STANDARD:1001:pc=PC_90236 > > is that the only requirement for markings on a glider is letters of at least > 150mm high on the sides. None on the undersides of the wings. > > Am I right? > > Regards > ND > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] To check or change subscription details, > visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
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