That would appear to conflict with CASR Part 45 which, as a regulation, is the law of the land.
A GFA AN isn't. Mike > On 8 Jan 2015, at 5:16 pm, dennis hipperson <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 >>> <[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]> 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 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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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