Non U.S. Resident Aircraft Registration  I am a German and the president of a Florida corporation. I am currently a student pilot training in the U.S. at a flight school. When I finish my training,...

Registering a modified aircraft  What is the process for registering a Cessna that has been modified to use an automobile engine?

ANSWER: Registering a modified aircraft is the ...

Encoding Altimeter Use.  Can an Encoding Altimeter be installed as the primary Altimeter (Pilot's) if the Encoder portion of it has been disabled or has not been wired to the ...

What are FAR's  What does FAR stand for?

ANSWER: FAR stands for Federal Aviation Regulations.

These are regulations that govern aviation activities in the U....

Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) Parts  Jon wrote:

I am researching information on necessary equipment/certification of aircraft. I understand that a Type Certificate Data Sheet (TCDS) is ...

Re-certification of non-tracked life limited parts  How do I re-certify non-tracked life limited parts based on FAA procedures?

ANSWER: FAR 43.10 addresses the disposition of life limited parts. Some ...

King Air 200 maintenance  What type of maintenance organization can do phase inspections and major servicing on a King Air 200?

ANSWER: Mechanics, IA's or properly rated ...

Flight Tests for Certification  What are the flight tests for certification?

ANSWER: There are production flight tests for type certificated aircraft, and flight tests for experimental ...

FAR 91.411(b)(3)  Is it legal for an A&P, with a calibrated pitot/static test box, and no repair station certificate, to sign off the altimeter portion of the 91.411 IFR ...

ALTIMETER TSO  DOES AN ALTIMETER HAVE TO BE TSO'D IN ORDER TO FLY IFR?

ANSWER: Yes, if your aircraft has a standard airworthiness certificate, you must have an ...

Adjustable Gross Weight for LSA  I have an kit built aircraft that weights 57 lbs above the allowable 1320 lbs for Light Sport when CG is calculated by FAA standards. I can adjust the ...

Airbus FAA Type Certification  1. If an Airbus A320 goes straight into a JAR Type Certification, at that time, is it type certified for FAA before N register or FAA C of A?

2. If ...

Beech 300 Airworthiness Certificate  I have a Beech 300 with a standard airworthiness certificate issued when new in 1989. Block 5 of the certificate states, "this airplane at weights in ...

FAR's 91.411 and 91.413  1. If a customer operating an Airbus A-320 is requested to comply with FAR 91-411 and FAR 91-413, is it necessary to test only the STBY altimeter system ...

Altimeter Certification  If an Altimeter that is not TSO'd meets all of the checks in the manual, that are the same checks as in FAR 43 Appendix E, can it be sent out of the shop ...

Aircraft Bill of Sale  I need to obtain copies of the Bill of Sale Form. How do I do this? Is there a cost associated with it?

ANSWER: You can download a copy of the ...

Aircraft Registration Application  Is it possible to download the Aircraft Registration Application AC Form 8050-1?

ANSWER: The Aircraft Registration Application AC 8050-1 is a form ...

FAA approval for an aircraft manufacured in China  How do I get FAA approval for an aircraft manufactured in China? The aircraft has been designed and built following FAR part 25.

ANSWER: This could ...