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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 105.49 

(i) Has briefed the passenger para-

chutist before boarding the aircraft. 
The briefing must include the proce-
dures to be used in case of an emer-
gency with the aircraft or after exiting 
the aircraft, while preparing to exit 
and exiting the aircraft, freefall, oper-
ating the parachute after freefall, land-
ing approach, and landing. 

(ii) Uses the harness position pre-

scribed by the manufacturer of the tan-
dem parachute equipment. 

(b) No person may make a parachute 

jump with a tandem parachute system 
unless— 

(1) The main parachute has been 

packed by a certificated parachute rig-
ger, the parachutist in command mak-
ing the next jump with that parachute, 
or a person under the direct super-
vision of a certificated parachute rig-
ger. 

(2) The reserve parachute has been 

packed by a certificated parachute rig-
ger in accordance with § 105.43(b) of this 
part. 

(3) The tandem parachute system 

contains an operational automatic ac-
tivation device for the reserve para-
chute, approved by the manufacturer of 
that tandem parachute system. The de-
vice must— 

(i) Have been maintained in accord-

ance with manufacturer instructions, 
and 

(ii) Be armed during each tandem 

parachute operation. 

(4) The passenger parachutist is pro-

vided with a manual main parachute 
activation device and instructed on the 
use of that device, if required by the 
owner/operator. 

(5) The main parachute is equipped 

with a single-point release system. 

(6) The reserve parachute meets 

Technical Standard Order C23 speci-
fications. 

§ 105.47

Use of static lines. 

(a) Except as provided in paragraph 

(c) of this section, no person may con-
duct a parachute operation using a 
static line attached to the aircraft and 
the main parachute unless an assist de-
vice, described and attached as follows, 
is used to aid the pilot chute in per-
forming its function, or, if no pilot 
chute is used, to aid in the direct de-

ployment of the main parachute can-
opy. The assist device must— 

(1) Be long enough to allow the main 

parachute container to open before a 
load is placed on the device. 

(2) Have a static load strength of— 
(i) At least 28 pounds but not more 

than 160 pounds if it is used to aid the 
pilot chute in performing its function; 
or 

(ii) At least 56 pounds but not more 

than 320 pounds if it is used to aid in 
the direct deployment of the main 
parachute canopy; and 

(3) Be attached as follows: 
(i) At one end, to the static line 

above the static-line pins or, if static- 
line pins are not used, above the static- 
line ties to the parachute cone. 

(ii) At the other end, to the pilot 

chute apex, bridle cord, or bridle loop, 
or, if no pilot chute is used, to the 
main parachute canopy. 

(b) No person may attach an assist 

device required by paragraph (a) of this 
section to any main parachute unless 
that person is a certificated parachute 
rigger or that person makes the next 
parachute jump with that parachute. 

(c) An assist device is not required 

for parachute operations using direct- 
deployed, ram-air parachutes. 

§ 105.49

Foreign parachutists and 

equipment. 

(a) No person may conduct a para-

chute operation, and no pilot in com-
mand of an aircraft may allow a para-
chute operation to be conducted from 
that aircraft with an unapproved for-
eign parachute system unless— 

(1) The parachute system is worn by 

a foreign parachutist who is the owner 
of that system. 

(2) The parachute system is of a sin-

gle-harness dual parachute type. 

(3) The parachute system meets the 

civil aviation authority requirements 
of the foreign parachutist’s country. 

(4) All foreign non-approved para-

chutes deployed by a foreign para-
chutist during a parachute operation 
conducted under this section shall be 
packed as follows— 

(i) The main parachute must be 

packed by the foreign parachutist mak-
ing the next parachute jump with that 

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