Document ID: FAA-2011-0502-0001
Agency: faa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Airmen Transition to Experimental or Unfamiliar Airplanes
Posted Date: 2011-05-10T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 90 (Tuesday, May 10, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 27168]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-11414]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[AC 90-109]

Airmen Transition to Experimental or Unfamiliar Airplanes

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is announcing the 
availability of Advisory Circular (AC) 90-109, which provides 
information and guidance to owners and pilots of experimental airplanes 
and to flight instructors who teach in these airplanes. This 
information and guidance contains recommendations for training 
experience for pilots of experimental airplanes in a variety of 
grouping based on performance and handling characteristics. This AC 
does not address the testing of newly built experimental airplanes. The 
current edition of AC 90-89, Amateur-Built and Ultralight Flight 
Testing Handbook, provides information on such testing. However, if a 
pilot is planning on participating in a flight-test program in an 
unfamiliar experimental airplane, this AC should be used to develop the 
skills and knowledge necessary to safely accomplish the test program 
using AC 90-89. This AC may also be useful in planning the transition 
to any unfamiliar fixed-wing airplanes, including type-certificated 
(TC) airplanes.

DATES: This AC became effective on March 30, 2010.

ADDRESSES: How to obtain copies: A copy of this publication may be 
downloaded from: http://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/90-109.pdf.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The FAA General Aviation and 
Commercial Division (202) 267-8212, Flight Standards Service, AFS-800, 
Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20591.

    Issued in Washington, DC on May 2, 2011.
John McGraw,
Acting Director, Flight Standards Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-11414 Filed 5-9-11; 8:45 am]
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