Susan Fournier | Unapproved Parts Notification – Rubbercraft Corporation

This UPN was released after a MIDO investigation revealed that there may very well be an installation eligibility issue with rubber gaskets,  part number 897722-1, (prop governor gasket) manufactured by Rubbercraft Corporation. Apparently the suspect parts were sold to National Flight Services of Swanton OH, and Aviation Solutions, Ontario Canada from 2005 to 2011. It sounds like [...]

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Susan Fournier | Aviation Designee Association Flyers

I have been asked by some of you to provide an ADA flyer that can be downloaded off this site and handed out at various seminars and trade shows. Believe me, your enthusiasm is welcomed! But how about we do this; instead of burdening you with the time and cost what I can do is [...]

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Susan Fournier | FAA Form 8000-5 Certificate of Designation

The FAA released a new version of the certificate dated 2/12. The only difference I can see is that the’ve replaced the DOT/FAA logo with the FAAs logo. No word on whether they will reissue the certificates but I highly doubt it.

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Susan Fournier | Featured DAR, Steve Shamsai

Membership is one of the keys to success of the ADA so I think it’s only fitting that we recognize those of you who go the extra mile to promote our cause. This week I would like to introduce you to Steve Shamsai. Steve who’s been a DART since 2005 and became an ADA [...]

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Susan Fournier | The Phone Call

The call comes in on a Friday; it’s a beautiful sunny summer day. You’re a Maintenance DAR and while the incessant ringing continues in the background you’re busy contemplating going to the beach to get a jump-start on your weekend. You make a split second decision to pick up the phone thinking it might be [...]

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Susan Fournier | Seamless Steel and Kevlar Oxygen Cylinders

I had opportunity to inspect and issue a few FAA Form 8130-3 tags the other day for O2 cylinders, and it reminded me of the days when it was very difficult at best to find direct replacement for these bottles especially for general aviation aircraft. There are now a handful of companies that hold FAA-PMA [...]

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Susan Fournier | Amateur-Built Aircraft Fabrication and Assembly Checklists

The FAA recently released four new Fabrication and Assembly Checklists for Gyroplanes, Helicopters, Powered Parachutes and Weight Shift Control aircraft. These new checklists can be found under the Amateur-Built & Light Sport Aircraft in the Resources tab. For fixed wing aircraft you must refer to Advisory Circular 20-27G, Certification and Operation of Amateur-Built Aircraft. Appendix 8 contains [...]

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Susan Fournier | A Couple of Web Site Fixes

Some of you who didn’t complete your initial registration were locked out of the editing tool once I hit the finish button for you. Our Web Master has since fixed the issue. I also went into some of your profiles and noticed that they contained the bare minimums. We urge you to go in and [...]

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Susan Fournier | Bilateral Agreements Primer

The Bilateral Airworthiness Agreement (BAA) is not a new system; it was in use by the FAA from 1927 to 1995. And regardless of some opinions a bilateral agreement is not considered a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) delegation to a foreign authority. It is in part, is an agreement between the U.S. State Department and [...]

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Susan Fournier | FAA/EASA TIP Revised

The Tecnical Implementation Procedures (TIP) for Airworthiness & Enviromental Certification Between the US and EASA  has been revised.  There were several revisions to the document in addition to the inclusion of  Appendix G, which contains a listing of those revisions. There were too many changes to post here and I figured you could review them [...]

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