1. EGU Congress 2019 – Budapest Operations
Henrik Svensson
EGU Technical Officer

2. Sailplane Regulation Annex I Annex II Definitions Part-SAO Annex III
Part-SFCL
SAO = Sailplane Air Operations
SAC = Sailplane Flight Crew Licensing

3. SAILPLANE AIR OPERATIONS
ANNEX II
SAILPLANE AIR OPERATIONS
[PART-SAO]
SUBPART GEN
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
SAO.GEN.
SUBPART OP
OPERATING PROCEDURES
SAO.OP.
SAO.POL.
SUBPART POL
PERFORMANCE AND OPERATING LIMITATIONS
SAO.IDE.
SUBPART IDE
INSTRUMENTS, DATA AND EQUIPMENT
SAO.DEC.
SUBPART DEC
DECLARATION

4. Air operations major topics
Commercial operations
No additional rules, except for requiring a Declaration
Sailplane towing, competition and aerobatic flights
Not considered as specialised operations, but as normal operations. No risk assessment and checklist needed
Sailplane authority requirements
To remain in Part-ARO of Reg. 965/2012
To have all OPS authority requirements under ‘one roof’

5. Air operations sailplanes – Major steps
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1976 of 14 December 2018 laying down detailed rules for the operation of sailplanes pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council:
It shall apply from 9 July 2019

7. EASA webpage - Regulations

11. Notification AMC1 SAO.GEN.110(a) Demonstration of compliance
Sailplanes registered in another MEMBER State
(a)       The operator of a sailplane which is not registered in the Member State, where the sailplane is predominantly based, should notify the competent authority of that Member State prior to the start of operation.
(b)       The notification should include:
(1)       sailplane type;
(2)       sailplane registration;
(3)       main base;
(4)       expected duration of the operation; and
(5)       contact details of the operator.

12. SAO.IDE.135 Transponder
Sailplanes shall have a secondary surveillance radar (SSR) transponder with all the capabilities required in accordance with point (b) of point SERA.6005 of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 923/2012, and, if the flight takes places in airspace of a third country, the law of that third country.
GM1 SAO.IDE.135   Transponder
GENERAL
Under point SAO.IDE.135, the carriage of a secondary surveillance radar (SSR) transponder is only required, when operating in a portion of airspace designated by the competent authority as a transponder mandatory zone in accordance with point (b) of point SERA.6005 of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 923/2012.

13. Questions?