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lowflying (CAR157)
An aircraftmust not fly over:
• any city, town or populous area, at a height lower than 1000 ft; or
• any other area at a height lower than 500 ft.
A height specified above is the height above the highest point of the terrain,
and any object on it, within a radius of 300m; from a point on the terrain
vertically below the aircraft.
Paragraph1 does not apply in respect of a helicopter flying at a designated
altitudewithin an access lane details ofwhichhave been published in theAIP
or NOTAMS for useby helicopters arriving at or departing from a specified
place.
Paragraph1 does not apply if:
• through stress ofweather or any other unavoidable cause it is essential
that a lower height bemaintained; or
• the aircraft isengaged inprivateoperationsor aerialworkoperations, being
operations that require lowflying, and theowner or operator of the aircraft
has received fromCASAeither ageneral permit for all flightsor a specific
permit for theparticular flight tobemade at a lower heightwhileengaged in
suchoperations; or
• the pilot of the aircraft is engaged in flying training and flies over a part of
a flying training area in respect ofwhich low flying is authorised byCASA
under sub regulation141 (1); or
• the pilot of the aircraft is engaged in a baulked approachprocedure, or the
practice of such procedure under the supervision of a flight instructor or a
check pilot; or
• the aircraft is flying in the course of actually taking-off or landing at an
aerodrome; or
• the pilot of the helicopter is engaged in:
– a search; or
– a rescue; or
– dropping supplies in a search and rescueoperation; or
– operation by, or for the purposes of, theAustralian Federal Police or
the police force of a State or Territory; and
low flying