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Boeing 737 Series Type Certificate Data Sheet

TCDS – Type Certificate Data Sheets

    Type Certificate Data Sheets- Type Certificate Data Sheets (TCDS) are a part of the Type Certification Process and contain information relevant to the certification of particular aircraft. TCDS contain information that is useful, not only at the time the aircraft undergoes certification, but as an ongoing resource for the life of an aircraft. Any time a [...]

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Essential Maintenance – FAA

Essential Maintenance encompasses any on-wing accomplishment of any maintenance or alteration that the certificate holder has designated as a RII. Essential Maintenance is maintenance that would result in a failure effect that would endanger the continued safe flight and landing of the airplane if it was performed improperly or if improper parts or materials were [...]

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Landing Requirements – Transport Category Aircraft

To determine the allowable landing weight for a transport category airplane, the following details must be considered: • Airfield pressure altitude • Temperature • Headwind component • Runway length • Runway gradient or slope • Runway surface condition With these details, it is possible to establish the maximum allowable landing weight, which will be the [...]

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United States air carrier – 14 CFR 1.1

United States air carrier means a citizen of the United States who undertakes directly by lease, or other arrangement, to engage in air transportation.

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VFR over-the-top, with respect to the operation of aircraft, – 14 CFR 1.1

VFR over-the-top, with respect to the operation of aircraft, means the operation of an aircraft over-the-top under VFR when it is not being operated on an IFR flight plan.

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Warning area – 14 CFR 1.1

A warning area is airspace of defined dimensions, extending from 3 nautical miles outward from the coast of the United States, that contains activity that may be hazardous to nonparticipating aircraft. The purpose of such warning areas is to warn nonparticipating pilots of the potential danger. A warning area may be located over domestic or [...]

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Weight-shift-control aircraft – 14 CFR 1.1

Weight-shift-control aircraft means a powered aircraft with a framed pivoting wing and a fuselage controllable only in pitch and roll by the pilot’s ability to change the aircraft’s center of gravity with respect to the wing. Flight control of the aircraft depends on the wing’s ability to flexibly deform rather than the use of control [...]

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Traffic pattern – 14 CFR 1.1

Traffic pattern means the traffic flow that is prescribed for aircraft landing at, taxiing on, or taking off from, an airport.

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True airspeed – 14 CFR 1.1

True airspeed means the airspeed of an aircraft relative to undisturbed air. True airspeed is equal to equivalent airspeed multiplied by ( 0/ )1/2.

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United States, in a geographical sense, – 14 CFR 1.1

United States, in a geographical sense, means (1) the States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the possessions, including the territorial waters, and (2) the airspace of those areas.

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