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• The Federal Aviation Act repealed the CIVIL AERONAUTICS ACT and created the Federal Aviation Agency


  1958
• CONTINUOS INSPECTION


  Very comprehensive inspections that require complex maintenance facilities with large number of maintenance personnel
• Extending the 100-hour interval

  Up to 10 HOUR to permit the aircraft to fly to a place where to inspection can be accomplished
• PROGRESSIVE INSPECTION


  Designed for the aircraft operators who do not wish to have their aircraft grounded for several days while an annual or 100-hour inspection is being accomplished
• TRANSPONDER


  An electronic device aboard an aircraft that enhances the aircraft's entity on an Air Traffic Control (ATC) radar screen
• APPLIANCE MAJOR REPAIR


  Calibration of instruments or radios, overhaul of pressure carburetors, pressure fuel cells, and oil and hydraulic pumps
• The AIR COMMERCE ACT required registration of aircrafts and licensing of the pilots and mechanics


  1926
• PROPELLER MAJOR ALTERATION


  Changes in blade, hub or governor design. Installation of a propeller deicing system
• Lists the performance criteria for performing inspections and specifically states that a checklist which meets the minimum requirements listed in the APPENDIX A OF FAR PART 43 must be used for all annual and 100-hour inspection
• SPECIAL INSPECTION


  Performed after an aircraft is subjected to an "unusual flight conditions"
• FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATOR


  The primarily tools of the FAA
• PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE


  Under circumstances, the FAR allow the license airmen to perform preventive maintenance
• FAR part 43 MAINTENANCE, PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE, REBUILDING AND ALTERATIONS
• When the FAA wants to adapt a new rule or regulation

  It formulates a proposal called a "Notice of Proposed Rule Making" and publishes it in the FEDERAL REGISTER
• Aviation was virtually an "unregulated" industry

  For more than 20 YEARS after the Wright Brothers' first flight
• AIRCRAFT MECHANIC


  They may only be performed by Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) Mechanics holding an Inspection Authorization (IA)
• TECHNICAL STANDARDS ORDER


  Establish quality standards for parts, with approved ones bearing a stamp
• The FAA issues airworthiness directives to notify concerned parties of the condition and to describe the appropriate corrective action
• MAJOR REPAIR - one that if improperly done might appreciably affect weight, balance, structural strength, performance, powerplant operation