Peter,Mike, et al,
GFA AN 84 1.3 (a) registration marking shall be at least 150mm high, or
two thirds of the width
of the surface.
No VH needed if "G" registration of if operated in Aus.
etc,etc
Dennis
On 8/01/2015 7:37 pm, Peter Champness wrote:
Mike,
*"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"*
Once again you are right,
On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 6:30 PM, Mike Borgelt
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<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
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]
<mailto:[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
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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
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