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ATA 100 contains the reference to the ATA numbering system which is a common referencing standard for commercial aircraft documentation. This commonality permits greater ease of learning and understanding for pilots, aircraft maintenance technicians, and engineers alike.
Title of the Boeing T-43A Flight Manual. An aircraft flight manual (AFM) is a paper book or electronic information set containing information required to operate an aircraft of certain type or particular aircraft of that type (each AFM is tailored for a specific aircraft, though aircraft of the same type naturally have very similar AFMs).
Aircraft maintenance is the performance of tasks required to ensure the continuing airworthiness of an aircraft or aircraft part, including overhaul, inspection, replacement, defect rectification, and the embodiment of modifications, compliance with airworthiness directives and repair.
A United States Navy SH-60F Seahawk helicopter undergoing routine maintenance in 2005. Aircraft maintenance checks are periodic inspections that have to be done on all commercial and civil aircraft after a certain amount of time or usage. Military aircraft normally follow specific maintenance programmes which may, or may not, be similar to ...
Aircraft Maintenance Engineer: AME Aviation Medical Examiner: AMLCD Active-matrix liquid-crystal display: AMM Aircraft Maintenance Manual AMO Approved Maintenance Organization AMS Air management system AMSL Above mean sea level: AMP Aircraft maintenance program AMT Aircraft Maintenance Technician: ANC Active noise cancellation AND Aircraft Nose ...
In the U.S., the MAX shares a compatible type rating throughout the Boeing 737 series. [25] The impetus for Boeing to build the 737 MAX was serious competition from the Airbus A320neo, which was a threat to win a major order for aircraft from American Airlines, a traditional customer for Boeing airplanes. [26]
A Boeing quality investigator is doubling down on claims he made earlier this year about the airline manufacturer’s use of faulty parts, which could make aircraft less safe or lead to malfunctions.
Another case is a situation where Boeing sells experimental aircraft to an airline, one example being the first two 777-300ERs built initially as experimental aircraft for Boeing which were subsequently sold to Japan Airlines had their codes changed from 777-300(ER) to 777-346(ER).