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The Aviation Designee Association has been created to guide and represent FAA appointed maintenance, manufacturing and other interested entities and individuals through the complexities of the aviation designee environment and to provide assistance in navigating the...
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What is an Aviation Designee? The U.S. civil aviation regulatory body began authorizing private citizens to examine, test and inspect aircraft in 1927, essentially authorizing them to act as designees. Since then the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has expanded the program to include a host of designees and delegations. The types of...
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Membership Benefits
Strengthening the designee community with You… A growing membership reinforces a strong voice in Washington by enabling the ADA to maintain an important leadership roll as an industry advocate through lobbying the FAA and other agencies on important policy and regulatory issues. Become part of the team that will shape...
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I have conducted many general aviation seminars over the years on the subject of aircraft maintenance records and I am always surprised when I hear an aircraft owner or operator politely inform me that maintenance records along with everything else in Subpart E of part 91 isn’t their responsibility; they typically mean that with all sincerity. Comments usually include something to the effect of; “since Subpart E of part 91 refers to...
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The Aviation Designee Association is a trade organization representing the interests of our members who function worldwide in the civil aviation community. The majority of our members are designated or approved by the Federal Aviation Administration as Designated Airworthiness Representatives (DAR) and Designated Manufacturing Inspection Representatives (DMIR). You don’t have to be a designee; we encourage anyone interested to...
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To go along with our brand new site, we’ve also gone social! Social media that is. We are now on the most popular social sites so that you can connect and chat with us via several sites! The links to our pages on Linkedin, Twitter, Facebook and Google+ are below. You can also jump to them quickly by clicking your preferred social site’s icon to the right –>. Jump in the conversation, comment, discuss and suggest! Our...
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When requesting the services of a designee, whether it be for manufacturing or maintenance functions, be sure to allow time for your request to be processed. The designee cannot arbitrarily proceed without Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval. It doesn’t matter if your request is for certification of an amateur-built aircraft or standard airworthiness certification of a transport category aircraft, the rules are the same....
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You’ve been searching for a general aviation aircraft to purchase and believe you’ve found the perfect beauty but it happens to be located abroad and is on a foreign civil registry. Before you open your checkbook, do a little research to determine if the aircraft is eligible for U.S. certification. Included in your review should be an investigation into any potential aircraft damage history. The steps you take before you buy...
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