Light Aircraft Association

Graham Newby · Post by **Graham Newby** » Fri May 02, 2008 9:35 am

All
The CAA have reissued the ELT exemption for a further year.

Civil Aviation Authority
Article 19(2)(c) and Schedule 4 of The Air Navigation Order 2005 for the Carriage
of Emergency Locator Transmitters in Non-public Transport Aircraft
1) The Civil Aviation Authority, in exercise of its powers under Article 153 of the Air
Navigation Order 2005, hereby exempts any aircraft flying for purposes other than public
transport, registered in the United Kingdom, from the requirement to carry emergency
locator transmitters, referred to in Scale KK.
2) This exemption supersedes Official Record Series 4 No. 636, which is hereby revoked.
3) This exemption shall have effect from the date on which it is signed until 1 May 2009,
unless previously revoked.
R Metcalfe
for the Civil Aviation Authority
22 April 2008

Graham

Graham Newby · Post by **Graham Newby** » Wed May 07, 2008 8:54 am

It was hoped that the Ops NPA from EASA would have been out earlier so there could have been some joined up thinking rather than a repeat. Unfortunately the NPA has been delayed until June so the CAA decided to reissue the exemption as it was.

Graham

Rob Swain · Post by **Rob Swain** » Thu May 08, 2008 10:06 am

OK, I'll admit to being dense in advance, but...

What is actually meant by an ELT - Emergency Locator Transmitter - in this context?

Is it just a 121.5 transmitter than emits a signal that can be homed in on by the emergency services, like my portable Jotron ELT?

Or is it referring to something built in to the aircraft, or something with GPS capability, or a PLB.