---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 31.61"
title: "14"
number: "31.61"
heading: "Static discharge."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/31.61"
---

# §31.61. Static discharge.


Unless shown not to be necessary for safety, there must be appropriate bonding means in the design of each balloon using flammable gas as a lifting means to ensure that the effects of static discharges will not create a hazard.


## Notes

### Amendments

[Amdt. 31-2, 30 FR 3377, Mar. 13, 1965]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 44701-44702, 44704.

### Source

Source: Docket No. 1437, 29 FR 8258, July 1, 1964, as amended by Amdt. 31-1, 29 FR 14563, Oct. 24, 1964, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Amdt. 31-2, 30 FR 3377, Mar. 13, 1965]