Issue4

www.PSFmagazine.com | December 2016-January 2017 | 23 22 | December 2016-January 2017 | Powered Sport Flying SLSA Aerial Work Responder Responder Email Type of Work Use Country Type of Aircraft Randy Schlitter (see comment #2) rjs@rans.com Law enforcement Border inspections Crop spraying Herd management Crop surveillance Surveying Pipeline inspections Power line inspections Aerial photography Glider towing Banner towing USA (Public use DOJ border patrol) China (Crop dusting) Brazil (Paid aerial photography) “Europe” (Banner towing) Experimental Amateur Built (EAB) Milan Mach (see comment #3) mmach@EVEKTOR.CZ Law enforcement Aerial photography Glider towing Banner towing Czech Republic Germany Austria Canada and Australia (Glider and banner towing ) Italy (Law enforcement) Eurostar (European UL) is used for towing activity in Europe and law enforcement SportStar (LSA-type) is used for glider towing in Australia and Canada. John Whitish (see comment #4) john.whitish@cubcrafters.com Crop spraying (Farmer’s land only) Australia LSA 2. “[Rans] sold a S-6els to the doj to patrol the Mexican border. An S-6ES was used to photograph the amazon jungle, took three months. Two S-6ES are used in China for crop dusting. Several S-6ES, and S-7S are used in Europe for banner towing.” 3. “Please understand that in Europe, according to law, it is not allowed to use an ultralight for paid work. Another limitation is vfr operation only.” 4. [relayed from Australia] “Operating limitations and requirements for lsa with a Special Certificate of Airworthiness are found here: http://flysafe.raa.asn.au/regulations/lsa_explained.html. The main commercial use is flight training, and the hiring of lsa planes by flight schools for students to use, farmers can use their lsa planes to work on their own properties only.” [from U.S. respondent] “I’m still waiting for responses from Brazil and EU. I’m sure you are familiar with the easa regs in EU, but my dealer there also has substantial experience in the eastern markets (Russia, etc.).” Responder Responder Email Type of Work Use Country Type of Aircraft Wolfgang Nitschmann (see comment #5) wsn@wsn-aero.com Crop spraying Herd management Crop surveillance Pipeline inspections Power line inspections Wind turbine inspection Aerial photography Glider towing Banner towing Germany European UL Matthias Betsch (see comment #6) matthias.betsch@flightdesign.com See comment Germany European UL Roger Crow (see comment #7) roger@echoflightresources.com Law enforcement Pipeline patrol USA (public use; see comment) — in following states: AL, CA, GA, KY, MD, NC, OK, TX 7 LSA; 1 gyroplane; 6 powered parachutes 5.“German law strictly exempts ultralights from the commercial air work prohibition using ppl (Private license) and certified aircraft. Therefore it is legal to offer commercial service inside the weight limits and flight conditions. lsa is under ppl regime so we see all the restrictions on commercial use as any other ppl pilot will see. At this moment, the Permit-to-Fly aircraft in Germany are only granted permission if the manual says: no commercial operation.” 6.[Note similarity of comment to #5] “In Germany commercial work is not forbidden with Ultralights so it is allowed. As flights over congested are not allowed, you cannot do so for commercial works. Under easa, CS-lsa does not limit use; commercial flights must conducted within a commercial organization, so at the end no limits.” 7.“Seven fixed wing lsa, one gyro-copter and six powered parachutes have been purchased as part of a Department of Justice program and are flown in law enforcement. Apart from the doj work, There are currently two Flight Design ctle’s and soon to be four ctle’s being used for airborne law enforcement this year. One ctle in Oklahoma is being used for more than just patrol flights. It flies counter drug and drug interdiction operations, Homeland Security missions over critical infrastructures, interstate pipelines, and Port Security and water navigation ways supporting the US Coast Guard. The OK ctle is also performing fire patrol missions and disaster recovery missions for state/county emergency management (fema). Aircraft include: Flight Design ctls and the ctle; Magnaghi Sky Arrow; Rans S6; World Aircraft Co. Savannah VG; Tecnam Eaglet; Magni Gyro mto Sport Gyroplane; Buckeye Breeze Power Parachute. [Further info on law enforcement use of lsa] “The Airborne Law Enforcement Association (alea) has the “alea Standards for lsa in Law Enforcement.” These special standards give agencies who are operating lsa in law enforcement guidelines for a safe and functional aviation unit. It allows agencies to have alea accreditation like those agencies flying certified fixed wing and rotor wing operations. More info: www.alea.org.”

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