Hang-gliding tug endorsement
62.11.6
(1) No pilot with a tug rating for conventionally controlled microlights may tow a hang-glider without a valid hang-gliding tug endorsement issued by the Director or the organisation designated for the purpose in terms of part 149, as the case may be. (2) For a hang-gliding tug endorsement, the pilot will be required to demonstrate at least 10 hang-gliding tugs, of which five will be in moderately thermic conditions.
(3) A pilot with a tug rating hang-gliding endorsement may tow a hang-glider, provided the pilot of the hang-glider is the holder of a valid national pilot licence in the category hang-gliders with a valid aero-tow rating.
(4) A hang-gliding tug endorsement may be obtained independently of the tug rating, but the holder of a hang-gliding tug endorsement may not tow anything other than a hang-glider.
Application
62.11.7
An applicant for a tug or tow rating shall submit together with his or her application, a certificate signed by an appropriately rated flight instructor, confirming that the applicant has passed the theoretical knowledge examination and skills test, referred to in regulations 62.11.4 and 62.11.5 respectively, and is considered to be fit to act as PIC of a while towing a hang-glider. (Editorial Note: Wording as per original Government Gazette.)
Issuing
62.11.8
The Director or the organisation designated for the purpose in terms of part 149, as the case may be, shall endorse the applicant’s pilot licence with the tug or tow rating if the applicant complies with the requirements prescribed regulation in 62.11.1. (Editorial Note: Wording as per original Government Gazette. It is suggested that the phrase “regulation in 62.11.1” is intended to be “in regulation 62.11.1”.)