History — 303.05

303.05 (1) An aircraft category for fire fighting set out in column I of an item of the table to this subsection shall be established for an aircraft based on the aircraft overall length set out in column II of the item and the aircraft maximum fuselage width set out in column III of that item. TABLE Column I Column II Column III Item Aircraft Category for Fire Fighting Aircraft Overall Length Aircraft Maximum Fuselage Width 1 1 less than 9 m 2 m 2 2 at least 9 m but less than 12 m 2 m 3 3 at least 12 m but less than 18 m 3 m 4 4 at least 18 m but less than 24 m 4 m 5 5 at least 24 m but less than 28 m 4 m 6 6 at least 28 m but less than 39 m 5 m 7 7 at least 39 m but less than 49 m 5 m 8 8 at least 49 m but less than 61 m 7 m 9 9 at least 61 m but less than 76 m 7 m 10 10 at least 76 m 8 m (2) Where the fuselage width of an aircraft that has an overall length within the range set out in column II of an item of the table to subsection (1) is greater than the aircraft maximum fuselage width set out in column III of the item, the aircraft category for fire fighting for the aircraft shall be one category higher than the category set out in column I of that item. SOR/97-518, s. 2