Angola is basically interested in the participation of the FAA operations of the African Union and has formed special units for this purpose.

The guidelines by which avionics gear is certified by the Federal Aviation Administration ( FAA ) is documented in DO-178B and the recently released DO-178C.

For example, centrifugal force is used in the FAA pilot's manual in describing turns.

However, upon approval from the FAA, development is underway for utilizing a new satellite-navigation " hands free " flight system to travel from airport to airport that will eliminate the need for a pilot's license.

FAA's Instrument Flying Handbook defines IFR as: " Rules and regulations established by the FAA to govern flight under conditions in which flight by outside visual reference is not safe.

The Board's determinations may be appealed to the federal court system by the losing party, whether it is the individual or company, on the one hand, or the FAA or the Coast Guard, on the other.

In the United States, this agency is the Federal Aviation Administration ( FAA ), and in the European Union, Joint Aviation Authorities ( JAA ).

The Fleet Air Arm ( FAA ) is the branch of the British Royal Navy responsible for the operation of naval aircraft.

Three types of fixed-wing aircraft are operated by the FAA for training purposes: pilot training is carried out using the Grob Tutor while, from March 2011, observer training is done using four Beechcraft King Air 350s.

Today the larger section of the FAA is the rotary-wing part.

The newest helicopter in the FAA is the AgustaWestland Merlin HM1.

Its FAA Academy is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

Part 141 is a more structured method for pilot training, based on FAA syllabus and other standards.

A six degrees-of-freedom ( DOF ) motion platform using six jacks is the modern standard, and is required for the so-called Level D flight simulator standard of civil aviation regulatory authorities such as FAA in the USA and EASA in Europe.

A periodic re-evaluation, called a recurrent qualification, is performed regularly, generally in one year intervals ( although the interval can be as low as six months for some FAA evaluations and as high as three years for some European evaluations ), and the performance of the device is evaluated against the MQTG.

The main exception to the above process is the evaluation of an ATD by the FAA.

When a manufacturer wishes to have an ATD model approved, a document that contains the specifications for the model line and that proves compliance with the appropriate regulations is submitted to the FAA.

* FAA FTD Level 5-Aerodynamic programming and systems modeling is required, but it may represent a family of aircraft rather than only one specific model.

* FAA FFS Level A-A motion system is required with at least three degrees of freedom.

A small general aviation airstrip ( FAA Identifier: NC14 ) is located in Boone.

The Muwafaq Foundation, which U. S. authorities have confirmed was an arm of bin Laden's terror organization, was headed by Yassin al-Qadi, who was also known as the owner of Ptech -- a company that has supplied high-tech computer systems to the FBI, the Internal Revenue Service, the United States Congress, the United States Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the Federal Aviation Administration ( FAA ), and the White House.

The office is headed by the Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation ( FAA / AST ), who is currently Dr. George C. Nield.

Pilots and flight attendants were trained to adopt the " Common Strategy " tactic, which was approved by the FAA.

* PPL ( Private Pilot License ) conferred by the FAA ( Federal Aviation Administration ) or JAA ( Joint Aviation Authorities )

* CPL ( Commercial Pilot Licence ) conferred by the FAA ( Federal Aviation Administration ) or JAA ( Joint Aviation Authorities )

* ATP ( Airline Transport Pilot ) conferred by the FAA ( Federal Aviation Administration ) or JAA ( Joint Aviation Authorities )

The failure to follow procedures resulted in the delamination in flight of a section of one Cessna 400's wing skin from the spar while the aircraft was being flown by an FAA test pilot.

The FAA also discovered 82 other aircraft parts that had been incorrectly made and not detected by the company's quality assurance.

Cooper boarded the aircraft, a Boeing 727 – 100 ( FAA registration N467US ), and took seat 18C ( 18E by some accounts, 15D by another ) in the rear of the passenger cabin.

For instance, in the case of light trespass by white strobe lighting from communication towers in excess of FAA minimum lighting requirements the Federal Communications Commission maintains an Antenna Structure Registration database information which citizens may use to identify offending structures and provides a mechanism for processing consumer inquiries and complaints.

Restricted in height by a limit imposed by the Federal Aviation Administration ( FAA ) to protect air traffic, the Sears Tower was financed by the company.

The cost versus loss of lives has been considered appropriate at this level ( by FAA for aircraft systems under Federal Aviation Regulations ).

The FAA document 7110. 65 details the phrases that should be used by air traffic controllers.

The last recorded radar transponder return from the airplane was recorded by the Federal Aviation Administration ( FAA ) radar site at Trevose, Pennsylvania at 20: 31: 12.

Materials and parts used in FAA certified aircraft must meet the criteria set forth by the technical standard orders.

The G-190 and G-230-TS rotary engines were already flying in the experimental market, and Mistral Engines hoped for FAA and JAA certification by 2011.

In the US, all commercial airport runways are certified by the FAA under the Code of Federal Regulations Title 14 Part 139, " Certification of Commercial Service Airports " although it serves only general aviation traffic.

These locations then undergo special attention by transportation authorities ( such as the FAA in the US ) and airport administrators.

* John Callahan, former Division Chief of the Accidents and Investigations Branch of the FAA, Washington D. C., also a Disclosure Project witness, said that following the Japan Air Lines flight 1628 incident that involved a giant UFO over Alaska, recorded by air and ground radar, the FAA conducted an investigation.

This raised no red flags, since the FAA had not been informed that the two were on a terrorist watchlist.

The FAA has staffed a tower at the EAA convention since the 1960s.

Although billed by the media as a " pilot ", Dubroff did not possess a medical certificate or a student pilot certificate, since they require a minimum age of 16, or a pilot certificate which requires a minimum age of 17, according to U. S. Federal Aviation Administration ( FAA ) regulations.

On August 4, 2011 the FAA announced that they were planning to close the airport's control tower due to budget cuts, since they operate it instead of the Puerto Rico Ports Authority.

FAA approval is necessary since the team performs in the United States.

As President, José Eduardo dos Santos is also the commander in chief of the Angolan Armed Forces ( FAA ) and president of the MPLA ( People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola ), the party that has been ruling Angola since it gained independence in 1975.

In a ceremony two hours after landing, Melvill was awarded his astronaut wings, specifically the FAA Commercial Astronaut badge, the first wings awarded for a non-government space program and the first for a spaceplane flight since the X-15 flights of the 1960s.

While based on the frantic phonecall received from a stewardess of the flight, the report has been a matter of some controversy, since both the FAA and FBI have strongly denied the presence of firearms smuggled aboard.

It seemed possible that Burt Rutan would be a passenger on flight 17P, but in the end he was not, since the FAA has restricted the flight to just the pilot and no passengers.

The FAA has also since 2005 deployed Bell 212 helicopters to Haiti under MINUSTAH mandate.

The Federal Aviation Administration ( FAA ) estimates the problem costs US aviation 400 million dollars annually and has resulted in over 200 worldwide deaths since 1988.

While in Senator Lott's office, he was involved in the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 and all budget resolutions since 1997, the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 and all tax legislation since 1998, Trade Promotion Authority, all health legislation, the Transportation Equity Act, FAA authorization bills and many other smaller bills.

The present tower is in height and has been operational since it was commissioned by the FAA on December 5, 2004.