The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently released Advisory Circular AC No: 61-142, which spells out in great detail the regulations that allow ...

FAA Advisory Circular 43.13 (AC 43.13), published in two parts (1B and 2B), is a foundational guide for aircraft inspection, repair, and alteration, serving as a baseline for aviation maintenance ...

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One year ago, the FAA released a complete and necessary rewrite of Advisory Circular 120-17, Reliability Program Methods—Standards for Determining Time Limitations. This guidance document ...

The FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation recently issued two Advisory Circulars (AC) to provide guidance on how to comply with regulations on policy and payload reviews and on launch and ...

We would like your feedback on the draft advisory circular (AC) for vertiport design. Vertiports are a new type of aerodrome designed to service next-generation vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) ...

Unlike the last guidance issued in May 2014, this circular offers new applications and the ability to manage EFB programs with “significantly less FAA involvement,” the agency said. The FAA ...