However, para 10 of the RAA Operations Manual effectively re-iterates the restrictions imposed by CAR 157 on flight below 500'.
Kaz, how can the RAAus Ops manual overule a CAO? Is there another law which says RAAus can trump an existing law? I can't find a para 10 in the Ops manual.
Here's the relevant bit of CAO 95.55 which applies to most Ultralight and LSA categories:
8.1 An aeroplane, to which this Order applies, may be flown at a height of less than 500 feet above ground level if:
(a) the aeroplane is flying in the course of actually taking off or landing; or
(b) the aeroplane is flying over land that is owned by, or under the control of, the pilot; or
(c) the owner or occupier (including the Crown) of the land, or an agent or employee of the owner or occupier, has given permission for the flight to take place at such a height; or
(d) the pilot of the aeroplane is engaged in flying training and the aeroplane is flying over a part of a flying training area over which CASA has, under subregulation 141 (1) of CAR 1988, authorised low flying.