Captive balloons

The following additional tests and examination shall, subject to the provisions of regulation 140 of these Regulations, be required in respect of applications for licences to include also the flying of captive balloons– (a) (i) The applicant shall produce satisfactory evidence that he has completed six ascents on different days in sole control of a captive balloon, and has carried out satisfactorily the management from the ground of three ascents and descents of a captive balloon on different days (which may, however, be days on which Civil Aviation 147 some of the six ascents in sole control have been carried out). (b) (i) general knowledge of a captive balloon of the type for which the licence is required; accessories; inflation; rigging; valve adjustments; management of an ascent; instruments; and (ii) general knowledge of winches and cables.