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The Civil Aviation (Aerial Work-General Operations) Regulations, 2025
43. Glider towing-experience and training requirements
Edition: 2026-03-25 · In force
43. Glider towing-experience and training requirements
(1)A person shall not act as a pilot-in-command of an aircraft towing a glider unless that person—(a)holds at least a private pilot licence with a category rating for powered aircraft and has logged at least one hundred hours (100) of pilot-in-command time in the same aircraft category, class, and type the pilot is using to tow a glider;(b)has a logbook endorsement from an authorized instructor who certifies that the person received ground and flight training in towing gliders and is proficient in—(i)the techniques and procedures essential to the safe towing of gliders, including airspeed limitations;(ii)emergency procedures;(iv)maximum angles of bank.(c)has logged at least three flights as the sole manipulator of the controls of an aircraft towing a glider or simulating glider-towing flight procedures while accompanied by a pilot who meets the requirements of this regulation;(d)has received a logbook endorsement from the pilot, specified in paragraph (c), certifying that the person has accomplished at least three flights in an aircraft while towing a glider, or while simulating glider-towing flight procedures;(e)within the preceding twelve months has—(i)made at least three actual or simulated glider tows while accompanied by a qualified pilot who meets the requirements of this Part; or(ii)made at least three flights as pilot-in-command of an aircraft towing a glider.(2)The pilot, specified in subregulation (1)(d), who endorses the logbook of a person seeking glider-towing privileges shall have—(a)met the requirements of this regulation prior to endorsing the logbook of the person seeking glider-towing privileges; and(b)logged at least ten flights as pilot-in-command of an aircraft while towing a glider.(3)If the pilot described in subregulation (1)(d) holds only a private pilot licence, that pilot shall have—(a)logged at least one hundred hours of pilot-in-command time in aeroplanes, or two hundred hours of pilot-in-command time in a combination of powered and other than powered aircraft; and(b)performed and logged at least three flights within the twelve calendar months preceding the month that pilot accompanies or endorses the logbook of a person seeking glider-towing privileges—(i)in an aircraft towing a glider accompanied by another pilot who meets the requirements of this regulation; or(ii)as pilot-in-command of an aircraft towing a glider.