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Number Title Status Office Date
20-53B Protection of Aircraft Fuel Systems Against Fuel Vapor Ignition Caused by Lightning

a. This advisory circular (AC) will show you how to gain Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval of your compliance with Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) §§ 23.954, 25.954, 27.954, and 29.954, Fuel system lightning protection.

Cancelled AIR-100 2006-06-05
20-158 The Certification of aircraft Electrical and Electronic Systems for Operation in the High-Intensity Radiated Fields (HIRF) Environment

This advisory circular (AC) will show you how to gain Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval of your compliance with Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) §§ 23.1308, 25.1317, 27.1317, and 29.1317, High-intensity Radiated Fields (HIRF) protection.

Cancelled AIR-100 2007-07-30
20-136A Protection of Aircraft Electrical / Electronic Systems Against the Indirect Effects of Lightning

Provides information and guidance concerning an acceptable means, but not the only means, of compliance with Parts 23, 25, 27, and 29 of the FAR as applicable for preventing hazardous effects, due to lightning, from occurring to electrical/electronic systems performing critical essential functions.

Cancelled AIR-100 2006-12-21
20-162A Airworthiness Approval of Installed Passive Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Tags

This advisory circular (AC) provides applicants with guidance for installing and using passive radio frequency identification (RFID) tags on aviation products and equipment.

Cancelled AIR-100 2016-04-06
21-16E RTCA, Inc. Document RTCA/DO-160E, Environmental Conditions and Test Procedures for Airborne Equipment

RTCA/DO-160E, “Environmental Conditions and Test Procedures for Airborne Equipment,” dated December 9, 2004, as containing acceptable environmental qualifications for showing compliance with certain airworthiness requirements.

Cancelled AIR-100 2005-12-20
20-162 Airworthiness Approval and Operational Allowance of RFID Systems

This advisory circular (AC) provides applicants with guidance for installing and using passive radio frequency identification (RFID) tags on aviation products and equipment.

Cancelled AIR-100 2008-09-22
20-114 Manufacturers' Service Documents

Suggests acceptable methods by which product manufacturers may indicate FAA approval of recommended actions prescribed in manufacturers’ service documents.

Cancelled AIR-100 1981-10-22
20-147 Turbojet, Turboprop, and Turbofan Engine Induction System Icing and Ice Ingestion

This advisory circular (AC) provides guidance and acceptable methods, but not the only methods, for demonstrating compliance with the applicable engine induction system icing and engine ice ingestion requirements.

Cancelled AIR-100 2004-02-02
20-140 Guidelines for Design Approval of Aircraft Data Communications Systems

Provides guidelines for design approval of aircraft data communications systems and applications primarily used for air traffic services.

Cancelled AIR-100 1999-08-16
20-152 RTCA, Inc., Document RTCA/DO-254, Design Assurance Guidance for Airborne Electronic Hardware

This advisory circular (AC) applies to manufacturers and installers of products or appliances incorporating complex custom micro-coded components with hardware design assurance levels of A, B, and C.

Cancelled AIR-100 2005-07-05
20-145 Guidance for Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA) that Implement TSO-C153 Authorized Hardware Elements

This advisory circular (AC) establishes an acceptable means, but not the only means, to obtain Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) airworthiness approval for the installation of an Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA) System that uses hardware elements authorized under Technical Standard Order (TSO)-C153, Integrated Modular Avionics Hardware Elements.

Cancelled AIR-100 2003-02-25
20-150 Satellite Voice Equipment as a Means for Air Traffic Services Communications

This advisory circular (AC) provides guidance for the migration of satellite voice systems for direct pilot/controller communictions as a supplement to high frequency/very high frequency (HF/vhf) voice communication systems.

Cancelled AIR-100 2006-02-10
20-155 SAE Documents to Support Aircraft Lightning Protection Certification

Provides a means of getting Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval of aircraft lightning protection.

Cancelled AIR-100 2006-04-28
21-16F RTCA Document DO-160 versions D, E and F, “Environmental Conditions and Test Procedures for Airborne Equipment” Cancelled AIR-100 2009-11-19
20-185 Airworthiness Approval of Synthetic Vision Guidance System

In this advisory circular (AC), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) provides applicants with guidance for obtaining airworthiness approval for equipment installation of a Synthetic Vision Guidance System (SVGS) in aircraft.

Cancelled AIR-100 2015-12-17
20-160 Onboard Recording of Controller Pilot Data Link Communication in Crash Survivable Memory

The AC offers one way to achieve an acceptable level of performance for an aircraft recording system when a controller-pilot data communication capability is installed.

Cancelled AIR-100 2008-02-21