Mr Kerans, you state
But if Govt or Airlines try to make GA pay ADSB will die like mandated ELTs
Well how about CAR 252A...
CIVIL AVIATION REGULATIONS 1988
- REG 252A
Emergency locator transmitters
(1)
On and after 31 July 1997, the pilot in command of an Australian aircraft that is not an exempted aircraft, may begin a flight only if the aircraft:
(a)
is fitted with an approved ELT:
(i)
that is in working order; and
(ii)
whose switch is set to the position marked "armed", if that switch has a position so marked; or
(b)
carries, in a place readily accessible to the operating crew, an approved portable ELT that is in working order.
Penalty: 25 penalty units.
(2)
Subregulation (1) does not apply in relation to a flight by an Australian aircraft if:
(a)
the flight is to take place wholly within a radius of 50 miles from the aerodrome reference point of the aerodrome from which the flight is to begin; or
(b)
the flight is, or is incidental to, an agricultural operation; or
(c)
CASA has given permission for the flight under subregulation 134 (1); or
(d)
the aircraft is new and the flight is for a purpose associated with its manufacture, preparation or delivery; or
(e)
the flight is for the purpose of moving the aircraft to a place to have an approved ELT fitted to the aircraft, or to have an approved ELT that is fitted to it repaired, removed or overhauled.
So therefore for flights of greater than 50nm do we not indeed have
mandated ELT's ?