Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/395Dangos y teitl llawn

Section 4 U.K. Instruments and equipment

BOP.BAS.300 Instruments and equipment — General U.K.

(a)

Instruments and equipment required by this Section shall be approved in accordance with Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 if one of the following conditions is fulfilled:

(1)

they are used to comply with points BOP.BAS.355 and BOP.BAS.360;

(2)

they are permanently installed in the balloon.

(b)

By way of derogation from point (a), all of the following instruments or equipment, when required by this Section, shall not need an approval:

(1)

instruments or equipment used by the flight crew to determine the flight path;

(2)

independent portable lights;

(3)

an accurate time piece;

(4)

first-aid kit;

(5)

survival and signalling equipment;

(6)

supplemental oxygen storage and dispensing apparatus;

(7)

alternative source of ignition;

(8)

fire blanket or fire-resistant cover;

(9)

hand fire extinguisher;

(10)

drop line;

(11)

knife.

(c)

[F1 Instruments and equipment not required by this Section, as well as any other equipment that is not required by this Annex but is carried on board a balloon during a flight, shall comply with the following two conditions:

(1)

the information provided by those instruments or equipment shall not be used by the flight crew to comply with the essential requirements for airworthiness set out in Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/1139;

(2)

the instruments and equipment shall not affect the airworthiness of the balloon, even in the case of failures or malfunction.]

(d)

Instruments and equipment shall be readily operable or accessible from the station where the flight crew member that needs to use it is assigned.

(e)

All required emergency equipment shall be easily accessible for immediate use.

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/357 of 4 March 2020 amending Regulation (EU) 2018/395 as regards balloon pilot licences (Text with EEA relevance).

BOP.BAS.305 Minimum instruments and equipment for flight U.K.

A balloon flight shall not be commenced when any of the instruments and equipment required for the intended flight with the balloon are missing, inoperative or do not fulfil the required functions.

BOP.BAS.310 Operating lights U.K.

Balloons operated at night shall be equipped with all of the following:

(a)

an anti-collision light;

(b)

a means to provide adequate illumination for all instruments and equipment essential to the safe operation of the balloon;

(c)

an independent portable light.

BOP.BAS.315 Flight and navigational instruments and equipment U.K.

Balloons operated under VFR by day shall be equipped with both of the following:

(a)

a means of displaying drift direction;

(b)

a means of measuring and displaying:

(1)

time in hours, minutes and seconds;

(2)

vertical speed, if required by the AFM; and

(3)

pressure altitude, if required by the AFM, when required by airspace requirements or when the altitude needs to be known for the use of oxygen.

BOP.BAS.320 Restraint systems U.K.

Balloons shall be equipped with a restraint system for the pilot-in-command when the balloon is equipped with one of the following:

(a)

a separate compartment for the pilot-in-command;

(b)

turning vent(s).

BOP.BAS.325 Supplemental oxygen U.K.

Balloons operated when an oxygen supply is required in accordance with point BOP.BAS.180 shall be equipped with oxygen storage and dispensing apparatus capable of storing and dispensing the required oxygen supplies.

BOP.BAS.330 First-aid kit U.K.

(a)

Balloons shall be equipped with a first-aid kit.

(b)

The first-aid kit shall be:

(1)

readily accessible for use; and

(2)

kept up-to-date.

BOP.BAS.335 Hand fire extinguishers U.K.

Except for gas balloons, balloons shall be equipped with at least one hand fire extinguisher.

BOP.BAS.340 Life-saving and signalling equipment – Flights over water U.K.

The pilot-in-command of a balloon operated over water shall determine, before commencing the flight, the risks to survival of the persons carried in the balloon in the event of ditching. In light of those risks, he or she shall determine whether there is need to carry life-saving and signalling equipment.

BOP.BAS.345 Life-saving and signalling equipment – Search and rescue difficulties U.K.

Balloons operated over areas in which search and rescue (SAR) would be especially difficult shall be equipped with such life-saving and signalling equipment as appropriate to the area overflown.

BOP.BAS.350 Miscellaneous equipment U.K.

(a)

Balloons shall be equipped with protective gloves for each crew member.

(b)

Mixed balloons, hot-air balloons and hot-air airships shall be equipped with all of the following:

(1)

an alternative and independent source of ignition;

(2)

a means of measuring and indicating fuel quantity;

(3)

a fire blanket or fire-resistant cover;

(4)

a drop line of at least 25 m in length.

(c)

Gas balloons shall be equipped with both of the following:

(1)

a knife;

(2)

a trail rope of at least 20 m in length made of natural fibre or electrostatic, conductive material.

BOP.BAS.355 Radio communication equipment U.K.

(a)

Balloons shall have radio communication equipment to allow for the communication required in accordance with appendix 4 to the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 and, if the flight takes place in the airspace of a third country, the law of that third country.

(b)

The radio communication equipment shall provide for communication on the aeronautical emergency frequency 121,5 MHz.

BOP.BAS.360 Transponder U.K.

Balloons shall have a secondary surveillance radar (SSR) transponder with all the capabilities required in accordance with point (b) of point SERA.6005 of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 and, if the flight takes places in airspace of a third country, the law of that third country.