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The Parkland College Institute of Aviation at the University of Illinois allows students to earn a two-year associate degree in aviation [9] or take courses to earn FAA-approved pilot certification [10] to various levels. [11]
Having obtained a Type Design approval, a manufacturer may need to change the approved design. 14 CFR § 21.93 classifies type design changes as either major or minor. It is the manufacturer's responsibility to first determine and notify the FAA whether a proposed type change is major or minor, subject to FAA review.
The FAA is headquartered in Washington, D.C., [11] and also operates the William J. Hughes Technical Center near Atlantic City, New Jersey, for support and research, and the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for training. The FAA has nine regional administrative offices: Alaskan Region – Anchorage, Alaska
The applicant must accumulate and log specific aeronautical experience, and pass a three-part examination: a knowledge test (a computerized multiple-choice test, typically called the "written test"), an oral test, and a practical test carried out by either an FAA inspector or a Designated Pilot Examiner.
Practical Test Standards or PTS are sets of guidelines, standards, and criteria formerly used in the United States by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Safety Inspectors or Designated Pilot Examiners to determine the suitability of airmen to be issued an airman certificate by conducting a checkride.
The Federal Aviation Administration is tasked with regulating drones in the U.S. Here’s what you should know before your drone takes to the skies.
FAA Strategic Goal 1 – Next Level of Safety; FAA Outcome 1 – No accident-related fatalities occur on commercial service aircraft in the US; FAA Performance Metric 1 – Reduce the commercial air carrier fatalities per 100 million persons on board by 24 percent over 9-year period (2010–2018). No more than 6.2 in FY 2018 [5]
Applicants who attend an aviation maintenance school program certificated under Part 147 study an FAA-approved and supervised curriculum. Those applying for a mechanic certificate with a single rating—either airframe or powerplant—study a "general" set of subjects for at least 400 hours, as well as at least 750 hours of material appropriate ...