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As such, spare parts may be swapped onto a craft before launch, or completed spare spacecraft may be launched if the flight model is lost. NASA has two basic types of spares, development spares and operational spares. NASA makes a determination about which parts need spares based on whether parts are custom built, and the lead-time for procurement.
The Modification and Replacement Parts Association is the Washington, D.C.-based trade association that represents manufacturers of government-approved aftermarket aircraft parts. These aircraft parts are often known as PMA parts, from the acronym for Parts Manufacturer Approval. The manufacture of PMA parts is regulated in the United States by ...
Inventory Locator Service, LLC (ILS) is an American company that started the first e-Marketplace for aviation, marine, and defense industries.ILS has its headquarters in Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America; with relationships globally, especially in North America, through its parent company CAMP Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of Hearst Corporation. [1]
Model Model Years Class Vehicle information Current (North America) W900: 1961–present: 8: Kenworth's long running semi truck model. W990: 2019–present: 8: Classic-styled truck. Shares cab with T680 and T880. T800: 1987–present: 8: Kenworth's vocational and severe duty truck, available in both semi or rigid configurations. Shares cab with ...
Meikraft Models (USA) - ceased production of limited run plastic kits, later kits of are of very good quality; Meng Model (China) Merit (UK) - ceased production of plastic model aircraft sometime in the late 1950s; Merit International (USA) Merlin Model (UK) MGD Models (Czech Republic) Micro Ace (Japan) - ex-Arii; Micro Scale Design (Russia ...
The FAA permits the aircraft owner or operator to produce replacement parts from scratch (using the original as a template and using the same dimensions and materials), and document it in the logbooks as an "owner-produced part" in accordance with FAR §21.9(a)(5). [7]
Under the Civil Air Regulations (CARs), the government had the authority to approve aircraft parts in a predecessor to the PMA rules. This authority was found in each of the sets of airworthiness standards published in the Civil Air Regulations. [8] CAR 3.31, for example, permitted the Administrator to approve aircraft parts as early as 1947. [9]
The W900 also appeared in the French educational television program C'est pas sorcier. Numerous B-cab models were prominent in the series Ice Road Truckers. A black Kenworth W900 is driven by country singer Terri Clark in her "Dirty Girl" video. A Kenworth W900 is seen in country singer Tara Thompson's music video, "Someone To Take Your Place".