History — 521.45

521.45 (1) An applicant for a type certificate in respect of an aeronautical product who conducts a test flight shall (a) make provisions for emergency situations and provide the emergency equipment required for the safety of the test flight personnel; (b) conduct the inspections, analyses, structural tests, wind tunnel tests and functional tests of the critical systems and components of the aircraft used for the test flight — including an evaluation of the effect of their failure — to ensure that the aircraft will operate safely within the operating limitations and restrictions specified by the applicant; (c) provide a pilot who holds a licence endorsed with a rating appropriate for conducting the test flight; and (d) conduct the test flight in accordance with the conditions specified by the Minister in a flight authority issued in respect of that flight. (2) The applicant shall, before conducting the first test flight of an aircraft type, submit (a) a written airworthiness declaration attesting that the aircraft being used for the test flight satisfies the conditions referred to in paragraph (1)(b); and (b) a written declaration attesting to the condition of the aircraft and its …