List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 06:12:55 -0500 From: "Colin & Bev Rainey" <crain...@cfl.rr.com> Subject: KR> Parachutes
>Not to talk down or belittle anyone, but read closely what the wording is: each occupant shall.... That means anyone on board pilot included. No exception is made to while solo, or receiving dual, or not in an approved acrobatic aircraft. The aircraft does not determine the requirement, the maneuver executed by the pilot. The parachute requirement extends to all occupants on board, not to all PASSENGERS. Also, when dealing with the Regs, please be very careful about looking at one paragraph in a given section. Often the subordinate paragraphs will refer back to the opening paragraph or even a preceding reg for part of its definition. Rarely does one reg stand alone. ----- Colin, Where are you getting the wording "each occupant shall"? Also, there are specific exemptions in part (d) for receiving dual and taking flight tests. A pilot flying solo is NOT "carrying any person (other than a crewmember)". Therefore, no parachute should be required. I do agree that if there is a passenger on board, then the pilot is required to wear a parachute not just the passenger. -- wesley scott k...@spottedowl.biz Copied from http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=fddeee2e7dfca311b9f07ee95668b7ce&rgn=div8&view=text&node=14:2.0.1.3.10.4.7.4&idno=14 91.307 part a & b not included (c) Unless each occupant of the aircraft is wearing an approved parachute, no pilot of a civil aircraft carrying any person (other than a crewmember) may execute any intentional maneuver that exceeds- (1) A bank of 60 degrees relative to the horizon; or (2) A nose-up or nose-down attitude of 30 degrees relative to the horizon. (d) Paragraph (c) of this section does not apply to- (1) Flight tests for pilot certification or rating; or (2) Spins and other flight maneuvers required by the regulations for any certificate or rating when given by- (i) A certificated flight instructor; or (ii) An airline transport pilot instructing in accordance with ยง61.67 of this chapter.
