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CHAPTER 2 AIRCRAFT PILOTS
SECTION 13 COMMERCIAL PILOT-FREE BALLOON
Article 67
Commercial pilot license- free balloon-applicant shall have completed not less than 35 hours total flight time as a pilot in a free balloon, which includes:
(1) 20 hours of flight time in a free balloon.
(2) Minimum of 10 free balloon flights.
(3) Minimum of 2 free balloon flights acting as pilot-in-command.
(4) Minimum of 10 hours and 10 sessions of training flight with a free balloon commercial pilot, which includes:
a) For inflatable free balloon: Minimum of 2 sessions of training flight with a free balloon commercial pilot, acting as pilot-in-command, and a minimum of 1 controlled-flight which elevated 5,000 feet above the origin of flight.
b) For hot-air balloon: Minimum of 2 solo flights and minimum of 1 controlled-flight which elevated 3,000 feet above the origin of flight.
Article 68
Applicant for commercial pilot license- free balloon shall demonstrate a level of knowledge appropriate to the privileges granted to the license holder in the following subjects:
(1) Civil Aviation Act and related laws and regulations.
(2) Air traffic management procedures.
(3) Principles of flight of free balloon.
(4) Aeronautical meteorology.
(5) Air navigation basics.
(6) Radio telephony and phraseology.
(7) Weight and balance.
(8) General maintenance of free balloon.
(9) Human factor theory
Article 69
Applicant for commercial pilot license- free balloon shall meet one of the following requirements within the preceding 60 days:
(1) Gas free balloon:Minimum of 2 two-hour training flights with a free balloon commercial pilot.
(2) Hot-air- balloon:Minimum of 2 one-hour training flights with a free balloon commercial pilot.
The applicant's flight check shall be conducted in accordance with the “CAA COMMERCIAL PILOT RATING REPORT FORM(FREE BALLON)”.
Article 70
The privileges of the holder of a certified commercial pilot licence- free balloon include all the privileges of the holder of a private pilot licence-free balloon and may also perform as pilot-in-command in certified gas free balloon or hot-air- balloon engaged in both non-revenue and revenue flights.
The privileges of the holder of commercial pilot licence- free balloon may perform trainings in the air and ground.