A recent edition of Aero-Tips discussed the Type Certificate
Data Sheet (TCDS) -- the official Type Certificate document that
sets the limitations and other parameters of certified aircraft.
Most aircraft modifications are legalized through a process that
supplements, or modifies the Type Certificate (TC) -- hence the
name Supplemental Type Certificate, or STC.
ALAR
Approach and Landing Accident Reduction: International
Task Force created in 1996 as another phase of accident
reduction. In short, look before you land?
"Along with the rest of you, I watched in horror as
many of those I knew and worked with perished, and those glorious
buildings were reduced to rubble. This is indeed a tragedy I will
remember for all time. In the ensuing years, I have come to heed
the President’s advice that we must keep on living,
conducting our lives as before and not constraining our activities.
To this end I would submit to you that we should not allow General
Aviation to be unreasonably constrained or eliminate its future.
This would be another tragedy I would rather not have to watch.
Should this happen, the terrorist will have surely won without
doing anything.”
Source: HAI President Matthew Zuccaro,
succinctly noting one of the primary issues the avia
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