History — 521.47

521.47 (1) Subject to subsection (3), an applicant for a type certificate in respect of an aircraft shall conduct one or more function and reliability test flights in order to demonstrate to the Minister that the aircraft, its components and its equipment are reliable and function properly. (2) A function and reliability test flight shall consist of (a) in the case of an aircraft that uses a turbine engine of a type not previously used in an aircraft for which a type certificate has been issued, at least 300 hours of operation of the aircraft with a full complement of engines that conform to a type certificate or to an equivalent certificate issued by the airworthiness authority of a foreign state with which Canada has an airworthiness agreement or similar arrangement; or (b) in the case of every other aircraft, at least 150 hours of operation of the aircraft. (3) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of (a) the following aircraft: (i) aeroplanes having a MCTOW of 2 720 kg (6,000 pounds) or less, (ii) gliders, (iii) airships having a seating configuration, excluding pilot seats, of nine or less, (iv) manned free balloons, or (v) restricted category aircraft; or (b) a change to a…