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(a) A person or tandem pair making a parachute descent must be equipped with a main parachute that complies with the technical standards of a parachute organisation.
(b) A person or tandem pair making a parachute descent must be equipped with a reserve parachute assembly which—
(1) complies with the technical standards of a parachute organisation; and
(2) has been inspected, re-packed and certified as airworthy within the previous 7 months by a parachute technician in accordance with the technical standards of a parachute organisation.
(c) Each tandem rider making a tandem descent must wear a harness which—
(1) complies with the technical standards of a parachute organisation; and
(2) is properly secured to a matching tandem-master harness.
A person, or tandem pair, making a free-fall descent of more than 10 seconds must—
(1) be equipped with a serviceable altimeter of a type suitable for parachuting; and
(2) be equipped with an illuminated altimeter at night; and
(3) prior to take-off, zero the altimeter to the PLA.
A student parachutist or tandem pair making a parachute descent must be equipped with an AAD on the reserve parachute that has been—
(1) certified as compatible with the parachute assembly on the parachute assembly packing-record, required by rule 105.111, by a parachute technician; and
(2) maintained and calibrated in accordance with the manufacturer’s operating instructions; and
(3) set to operate the reserve parachute at a minimum height above the PLA of—
(i) for a student parachute descent, 1000 feet; or
(ii) for a tandem parachute descent, 2000 feet; or
(iii) such height as predetermined and set within the AAD by the AAD manufacturer for the category of use and zeroed to the PLA; and
(4) inspected by the parachute technician in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.
(a) A person making an intentional parachute descent into water must wear suitable flotation equipment capable of supporting that person’s head clear of the water.
(b) A student parachutist making an intentional parachute descent within 1 nautical mile of a water hazard must wear suitable flotation equipment capable of supporting that person’s head clear of the water.
(c) A student parachutist making a parachute descent must wear a serviceable, rigid, protective helmet of a type approved by a parachute organisation.
(d) A tandem pair making a parachute descent must wear protective headgear approved by a parachute organisation.
