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New FAA Aviation News Available
Notice Number: NOTC1651

FAA Aviation News Spotlights Certification and Airworthiness

The latest issue of FAA Aviation News focuses on FAA's responsibilities to set standards for aircraft certification and airworthiness, as well as the important role that you -- pilots and mechanics -- play in ensuring safety. The link to the online edition is:  http://www.faa.gov/news/aviation_news/

Feature Articles include:

More than Math - Dave Swartz's tale of his personal battle with performance limitations and how he ended up upside down at the end of his takeoff roll. Swartz discusses what performance numbers actually tell GA pilots and how we should treat them from his personal experience and his day job as an FAA Aeronautical engineer working with Aircraft Certification.

Aircraft Certification 101- FAA's Steve Thompson discusses what goes into certifying an aircraft and what certification means to pilots. The word certified can have many meanings depending on context. Thompson explains the roles of Type Certificates, STCs, Production Certificates, and Airworthiness Certificates and what each of these means to you.

The ABCs of ADs- Learn what an Airworthiness Directive is, how they are created, and what they mean to you.

All those and more can be found at: http://www.faa.gov/news/aviation_news/