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FAA. Federal Aviation Administration.
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The FAA, is an agency of the U.S. Department of Transportation, and is charged with (1) regulating air commerce to promote its safety and development; (2) achieving the efficient use of navigable airspace of the United States; (3) promoting, ...
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Within the FAA, the Flight Standards Service sets the aviation standards for airmen and aircraft operations in the United States and for American airmen and aircraft around the world. The FAAFlight Standards Service is headquartered in Washington, D.
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FAA See FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
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FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) - Created by the Act that established the Department of Transportation, this government agency oversees all aviation within the United States.
FAA - Federal Aviation Administration, USA, equivalent of UK's CAA.
FAA - Fleet Air Arm, of UK's Royal Navy.
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FAA: Federal Aviation Administration
FARE BASIS: Determines how many miles or points are earned based on the fare paid.
FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) The Department of Transportation's agency for aviation. In addition to regulating airports, aircraft manufacturing and parts ...
FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) — The Department of Transportation's agency for aviation.
FAA Order 5050.4A: This document, entitled Airport Environmental Handbook, was published by the FAA on October 8,1985.
FAA. Fleet Air Arm (in USA, Federal Aviation Administration).
Fabric. A material, usually of linen used for the outer covering of wings, fuselages and tail units of some aeroplanes. Fabric is usually of multi-ply weave.
The FAA's Role
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is the element of the U.S. government with primary responsibility for the safety of general aviation (GA).
The FAA published AC 120-80 "In-Flight Fires" on 1/8/04 which contains the following guidance regarding the FAA's position on reseting circuit breakers: ...
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The United States Federal Aviation Administration requires an Airworthiness Certificate to be maintained as part of the official paperwork associated with each aircraft.
FAA's certification process begins with the design of an aircraft. FAA aeronautical engineers participate in the design process. They also oversee the construction and flight testing of the prototype.
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Glossary of Airport Acronyms
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FAA: Federal Aviation Administration (USA).
FIR: flight information region.
FL: flight level (using altimeter datum of 1013mbs).
FAA's other major safety functions include reviewing the design, manufacture and maintenance of aircraft, setting minimum standards for crew training, establishing operational requirements for airlines and airports, ...
FAA - Fear And Alarm
Fast - Describes the speed of any high-performance aircraft. Lower-performance and training aircraft are described as "half-fast." ...
An FAA facility that provides specialized flight-related services to pilots. It can provide weather briefings and en route advisories, among other things.
Freight
All air cargo excluding mail.
The FAA defines aeronautical decision making as "A systematic approach to the mental process used by aircraft pilots to consistently determine the best course of action in response to a given set of circumstances.
The FAA projections of this budget indicate that piston-engine pilots will see a tax increase of $100 million, or a 344% increase. Turbine aircraft are projected to see a tax increase of $868 million, or a 333% increase.
The FAA recommends that you dwell on each chunk for at least one second.
The FAA operates a VOR test facility (VOT) and this station transmits one radial with a 0° FROM and 180° TO indication on the VOR indicator if its properly calibrated. Accuracy is +/- 4° on the ground and +/- 6° flying.
The FAA is planning to phase VORs out and use GPS everywhere. Even now a lot of flying to and from VORs is really done by GPS equipment that does not depend on the VOR transmitting.
A primary FAA publication whose purpose is to instruct airmen about operating in the National Airspace System of the U.S.
CERTIFICATE FAA-issued license (sometimes referred to as ticket, Part 135 license, etc.) to carry passengers for hire.
CHARTER The 'renting' of an aircraft with crew for a personal, business, or cargo flight from one point to another.
KNOWN ICING
FAA certified to fly into icing conditions.
KORFU
(FuG 351) German ground radar often used to produce fixes on the bombers H2S equipment.
org FAA Federal Aviation Administration (U.S.) FAI Federation Aeronautique International FBO Fixed-Base Operator - a firm on an airport which maintains, rents, sells, and/or fuels aircraft, ...
Maintenance or modification ordered by FAA.
ADC - Air Data Computer
ADF - Automatic Direction Finder
ADI - Attitude direction indicator
ADS - Automatic dependent surveillance.
AES - Aircraft Earth station.
In the United States, CAA stood for the Civil Aeronautics Administration, a fore-runner of today's FAA.
CAB: Civil Aeronautics Board.
Category as defined by the FAA:
(1) As used with respect to the certification, ratings, privileges, and limitations of airmen, means a broad classification of aircraft. Examples include: airplane; rotorcraft; glider; and lighter-than-air; and ...
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Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) - The FAA is the federal agency responsible for insuring the safe and efficient use of the nation's airspace, for fostering civil aeronautics and air commerce, ...
PRECISION APPROACH RADAR- Radar equipment in some ATC facilities operated by the FAA and/or the military services at joint-use civil/military locations and separate military installations to detect and display azimuth, elevation, ...
METAR - Acronym in FAA pilot briefings and weather reports simply means an "aviation routine weather report," but nobody seems certain about the original source.
The SynchroLite project is directed at the US FAA Part 103 ultralight category, where the maximum dry weight is 254 lbs.
LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT - Special FAA certification class (LSA) for an aircraft other than a helicopter or powered-lift—single-engine aircraft, airship, balloon, GLIDER, GYROCOPTER, ROTORCRAFT, weight-shift-control aircraft.
Military Aviation, ROTC, Military Pilot, AFOQT, Military Flight Aptitude Tests, FAA Test, Women in the Military, Special Forces, ASVAB, ...
Report on incidents that adversely affect the FAA air traffic service facilities in providing safe, orderly, and expeditious movement of air traffic. Usually prepared by FAA on FAA Form 8020-11.
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All flights are operated by FAA Certified Part 135 air carriers ('Operators'). Carriers providing service for Private Jets VIP clients must meet both FAA requirements and additional Private Jets VIP standards ...
It attests to an airline’s competence as to safe operation and it determines who is responsible for an airline’s safety oversight. In the US it is issued by the FAA. In the UK it is the Safety Regulation Group of the CAA.
One FAA examiner pilot with 30 years of experience required a demonstration of this technique after insisting that the technique was all wrong and wouldn't work .
An aeronautical vehicle operated for sport or recreational purposes which does not require FAA registration, an airworthiness certificate, nor pilot certification.
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The Royal Navy also received Corsairs from 1943 and went ahead with flying them from Fleet Air Arm (FAA) carriers successfully in combat with the British Pacific Fleet and in Norway.
They usually do not have access to the original manufacturers' data so design their own parts and have to prove to the FAA, under FAR 21.303 regulations, that their parts are as good, or even better, than the original.
Junkers 52 - A collection of elderly airplanes that even the FAA can't make airworthy. Lazy 8 - 1. Well-known fly-in resort ranch. 2. The airport operator, his four mechanics, and three line boys.
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