Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Section 105.49

(i) Has briefed the passenger parachutist before boarding the aircraft.
The briefing must include the procedures to be used in case of an emergency with the aircraft or after exiting
the aircraft, while preparing to exit
and exiting the aircraft, freefall, operating the parachute after freefall, landing approach, and landing.
(ii) Uses the harness position prescribed by the manufacturer of the tandem 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 rigger, the parachutist in command making the next jump with that parachute,
or a person under the direct supervision of a certificated parachute rigger.
(2) The reserve parachute has been
packed by a certificated parachute rigger in accordance with Section 105.43(b) of this
part.
(3) The tandem parachute system
contains an operational automatic activation device for the reserve parachute, approved by the manufacturer of
that tandem parachute system. The device must - 
(i) Have been maintained in accordance with manufacturer instructions,
and
(ii) Be armed during each tandem
parachute operation.
(4) The passenger parachutist is provided 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 specifications.

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Section 105.47

Use of static lines.

(a) Except as provided in paragraph
(c) of this section, no person may conduct a parachute operation using a
static line attached to the aircraft and
the main parachute unless an assist device, described and attached as follows,
is used to aid the pilot chute in performing its function, or, if no pilot
chute is used, to aid in the direct de-

ployment of the main parachute canopy. 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 staticline pins are not used, above the staticline 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 directdeployed, ram-air parachutes.
Section 105.49 Foreign
equipment.

parachutists

(a) No person may conduct a parachute operation, and no pilot in command of an aircraft may allow a parachute operation to be conducted from
that aircraft with an unapproved foreign 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 single-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 parachutes deployed by a foreign parachutist during a parachute operation
conducted under this section shall be
packed as follows - 
(i) The main parachute must be
packed by the foreign parachutist making the next parachute jump with that

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