14 CFR § 105.49 - Foreign parachutists and equipment.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s105.49"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "14 CFR § 105.49 - Foreign parachutists and equipment."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "105.49"
section_name: "Foreign parachutists and equipment."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "AIR TRAFFIC AND GENERAL OPERATING RULES"
part_number: "105"
part_name: "PARACHUTE OPERATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113-40114, 44701-44702, 44721."
regulatory_source: "Docket FAA-1999-5483, 66 FR 23553, May 9, 2001, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "105"
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# 105.49 Foreign parachutists and equipment.

(a) No person may conduct a parachute operation, and no pilot in command of an aircraft may allow a parachute operation to be conducted from that aircraft with an unapproved foreign parachute system unless—

(1) The parachute system is worn by a foreign parachutist who is the owner of that system.

(2) The parachute system is of a single-harness dual parachute type.

(3) The parachute system meets the civil aviation authority requirements of the foreign parachutist's country.

(4) All foreign non-approved parachutes deployed by a foreign parachutist during a parachute operation conducted under this section shall be packed as follows—

(i) The main parachute must be packed by the foreign parachutist making the next parachute jump with that parachute, a certificated parachute rigger, or any other person acceptable to the Administrator.

(ii) The reserve parachute must be packed in accordance with the foreign parachutist's civil aviation authority requirements, by a certificated parachute rigger, or any other person acceptable to the Administrator.