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From: tneale@aeras.uucp (Tom Neale)
Newsgroups: rec.skydiving
Subject: Re: FARs
Message-ID: <1991May31.164014.27267@aeras.uucp>
Date: 31 May 91 16:40:14 GMT
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In article <2968.283E7157@ehsnet.fidonet.org> SKYDIVE@f15.n233.z1.FIDONET.ORG
(Mike Johnston) writes that demo jumps require a certificate of authorization,
not a waiver to the FARs.

I stand (sit?) corrected.  Mike is absolutely correct.  I re-read FAR 105
last night and, indeed, the wording is quite clear.

Specifically, FAR 105.15 (a) states:

	No person shall make a parachute jump, and no pilot in command of an
	aircraft may allow a parachute jump to be made from that aircraft, 
	over or into a congested area of a city, town, or settlement, or an
	open air assembly of person (sic) unless a certificate of 
	authorization for that jump has been issued under this section.
	However, a parachutist may drift over that congested area or open
	air assembly with a fully deployed and properly functioning parachute
	if he is at a sufficient altitude to avoid creating a hazard to
	persons and property on the ground.

Paragraphs (b) and (c) talk about how to get such a certificate and 
inspections.

I'm just not sure what "an open air assembly of person" is   :-)  Must
be a typo in my copy of the FARs.

Thanks, Mike, for pointing out that common (common to me, too) misconception.

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