GENERAL AVIATION POLICY LETTER
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Subject
Aircraft Flight Manuals
Reference
CAR 605.04 Availability of Aircraft Flight Manual.
Background
CAR 605.04 states that “No person shall conduct a take-off in an aircraft for
which an aircraft flight manual is required by the applicable standards of
airworthiness, unless the aircraft flight manual ... is available to the flight crew
members at their duty stations”. This regulation also requires that the aircraft flight
manual include all of the amendments and supplementary material that are applicable
to the aircraft type.
The carrying on board of the original aircraft flight manual causes some difficulty
for flight training units as these manuals are occasionally taken by students and
rental pilots. This has an operational and economic impact on training units that
could be resolved by allowing copies of aircraft flight manuals to be carried in
place of the originals.
Action
Certified aeroplane and helicopter flight training units shall be permitted to
carry copies of aircraft flight manuals on board in place of the original manuals
under the following conditions:
1. The original copy is retained and kept current by the flight training
unit and made available to Transport Canada for all inspections and audits.
2. The copy carried on board indicates “Certified True Copy of the Original”
and is a complete and current copy.
3. Original manuals are carried on international flights.
Expiry
This policy is effective immediately and will expire on publication of the
2nd Edition of the Flight Training Unit Certification Manual.
Manzur Huq
Director
General Aviation
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