Michael and others
Please note that the CAR amendments behind the new radio requirements
only apply at certified and registered aerodromes, military
aerodromes and "uncertified" aerodromes designated by CASA. So it
seems that Beverley - and many other aerodromes that are "aircraft
landing areas" will not be subject to the mandatory radio provisions.
Of course the recommended radio calls are still relevant as the calls
that a radio-equipped aircraft ought to make at these uncertified
aerodromes, and all I said about situational awareness still applies.
However these are also one of the few areas where non-radio aircraft
may operate freely. My suggestion for these is to at least approach
your local RAPAC to have the CTAF for them determined as 122.7 (or
your choice of relevant frequency) and then use that frequency. In
the absence of a declared CTAF the regulators will most likely rely
on the determination of the Multicom 126.7 to be the "right"
frequency to use at these locations, thus making them part of the
clutter on the most commonly used CTAF rather than meeting the needs
of the major users at those locations.
On checking the new ERSA I also see that the aerodrome listed as
"Beverley (YBEE)" is NOT the WA gliding aerodrome but a private one
in South Australia, owned by a resources company based in Adelaide.
It too is uncertified, has a listed CTAF of 126.7, with a Prior
Permission Required and a local procedure to "Call Beverley Base on
135.55 inbound". Your site, YBEV, has no entry in ERSA and therefore
falls under the Multicom situation. YBEV is listed only in the
location codes as an ALA, not as an aerodrome entry.
I see that CASA has also just announced changes to some CAOs,
including 95.4 and 95.4.1 (and 95.8) to update the regulations
covered by our exemptions - the exemption against a 500 metre length
of final being no longer necessary as that requirement was struck out
for aircraft in general with the new CAR 166A. That along with
changes to the exemption for gliders to not maintain a continuous
listening watch, by removing the exemption "in the vicinity of a
non-controlled aerodrome that is a certified, registered, military or
designated aerodrome" rather than only those served by an RPT service
or being a CTAF-R.
Expect further minor amendments while the new system settles down.
Mike Cleaver
At 12:18 2/06/2010, you wrote:
Thanks for the replies, good stuff.
>1. ERSA is a good way to discover if gliding ops are likely at a
particular airfield.
That is provided the airfield is listed in ERSA to that detail, not all
gliding fields are (e.g. YBEV is listed as an ALA, no further info).
The WACs
(world aeronautical charts) do not show where the gliding ops are, only
the location of airfields (not all of them are serviceable either!). Not
sure why this is, I assume because the ERC-low are updated every six
months that the information should be more current than a WAC that is
updated less often (?comments anyone?).
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