[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 161 (Tuesday, August 20, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54012-54013]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-21185]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Conversion of Aircraft Records to an Electronic Record Based 
System

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of conversion of aircraft records to an electronic 
record based system.

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SUMMARY: The aircraft records at the Civil Aviation Registry's Aircraft 
Registration Branch, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, have been maintained on 
updateable microfiche. Those records have been converted to an 
electronic record based system. Effective August 8, 2002, copies of 
aircraft records can be provided to requesters in either a paper format 
or a digital portable document format on a compact disc.

DATES: Effective August 8, 2002, those electronic records will become 
the official records for the Civil Aviation Registry's Aircraft 
Registration Branch.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie Stanford, Manager, Aircraft 
Registration Branch (AFS-750), Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center, 
Federal Aviation Administration, P.O. Box 25504, Oklahoma City, 
Oklahoma 73125. Telephone: (405) 954-3131.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Beginning in 1926, the records pertaining to 
United States registered aircraft were maintained in folders, 
identified by the

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registration number of the aircraft, which contained either the 
original documents, or certified copies of such documents, submitted 
for recordation.
    In October 1978, following a comprehensive study, it was determined 
that the aircraft records would be replaced by an updateable microfiche 
system. It was further determined that effective May 1, 1981, the 
microfiche would become the official aircraft record.
    The updateable microfiche and the equipment required to operate and 
maintain that system are no longer manufactured. The microfiche system 
used by the Civil Aviation Registry's Aircraft Registration Branch is 
no longer supportable. It was determined that the microfiche should be 
replaced with an electronic records based system. It was further 
determined that those electronic records would be the official aircraft 
records of the Civil Aviation Registry's Aircraft Registration Branch.
    Effective August 8, 2002, any person requesting a copy of a record 
will be provided with their choice of either a paper or digital 
portable document format copy of the electronic record concerning that 
aircraft.

    Issued in Oklahoma City, OK, on August 2, 2002.
Mark D. Lash,
Manager, Civil Aviation Registry.
[FR Doc. 02-21185 Filed 8-19-02; 8:45 am]
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