Airships

Regulations & Policies

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Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations

• 14 CFR part 21, Certification Procedures for Products and Parts
• 14 CFR part 43, Maintenance, Preventive Maintenance, Rebuilding, and Alteration
• 14 CFR part 91, General Operating and Flight Rules

Advisory Circulars (AC)

• 20-41, Substitute Technical Standard Order (TSO) Aircraft Equipment
• 20-45, Safetying of Turnbuckles on Civil Aircraft
• 20-110, Index of Aviation Technical Standard Orders
• 20-127, Use of Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Class H11 Bolts
• 21-16, RTCA, Inc. Document RTCA/DO-160E, Environmental Conditions and Test Procedures for Airborne Equipment
• 21.17-1, Type Certification-Airships
• 43.13-1, [Large AC. This includes Change 1.] Acceptable Methods, Techniques, and Practices - Aircraft Inspection and Repair

Related Guidance

• Transport Airship Requirements (PDF)
  (Under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 21.17, it is planned that these requirements will be accepted as "airworthiness requirements")
• FAA-P-8110-2, Airship Design Criteria (PDF)
• LFLS - Airworthiness Requirements for the type certificate of airships in the categories Normal and Commuter (PDF)
  (Under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 21.17, it is planned that these requirements will be accepted as "airworthiness requirements")
• Small Airplane Directorate Additionial Policy for Airship Type Certification Projects (PDF), December 1, 1997