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• » 1998 CASRs - CASR Part 101 - Unmanned aircraft and rocket operations

CASR Part 101
Unmanned aircraft and rocket operations

Part 101 consolidates the rules governing all unmanned aeronautical activities into one body of legislation. It prescribes the rules for the use of unmanned moored balloons and kites, unmanned free balloons, unmanned rockets, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), model aircraft, and pyrotechnic displays.

It provides new regulations for unmanned aircraft and firework displays but minimal change to existing regulations for balloons, rockets and model aircraft from existing Civil Aviation Orders (CAOs).

Regulations

This Part can be found by going to the relevant volume in the current compilation of the Complete CASRs – produced by the Attorney General's Department.

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Advisory Circulars

AC 101-1(0) - Unmanned aircraft and rockets - unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operations, design specification, maintenance and training of human resources (340kb, July 2002)

AC 101-2(0) - Unmanned aircraft and rockets - rockets (441kb, July 2002)

AC 101-3(0) - Unmanned aircraft and rockets - model aircraft (508kb, July 2002)