[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 131 (Friday, July 9, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 41566]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-15646]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Proposed Changes to Advisory Circular 27-1B, Certification of 
Normal Category Rotorcraft, and Advisory Circular 29-2C, Certification 
of Transport Category Rotorcraft

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of availability of proposed Advisory Circular (AC) 
material and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of and requests 
comments on proposed new material to be added to AC 27-1B, 
Certification of Normal Category Rotorcraft, and AC 29-2C, 
Certification of Transport Category Rotorcraft. This proposed material 
adds a new paragraph MG 18, Helicopter Terrain Awareness and Warning 
System (HTAWS). This notice is necessary to give all interested persons 
an opportunity to comment on the proposed AC change.

DATES: We must receive your comments by August 9, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Send all comments on the proposed AC paragraph to the 
Federal Aviation Administration, Attn: James R. Arnold, Regulations and 
Policy Group, ASW-111, 2601 Meacham Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX 76193-
0111; e-mail: [email protected], or fax: 817-222-5961. You may 
inspect comments at the above address between 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. 
weekdays, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James R. Arnold, telephone: (817) 222-
5126; fax (817) 222-5961.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited

    We invite all interested persons to comment on the proposed AC by 
submitting such written data, views, or arguments as they may desire. 
If you have comments, you should identify AC 27-1B and AC 29-2C, AC 
paragraph MG 18, and submit your comments, in duplicate, to the address 
specified above. We will consider all communications received by the 
closing date before issuing the final AC. You can get a copy of the 
proposed material by contacting the person named under the caption FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT or by downloading the proposed AC from the 
following Internet Web site: http://www.airweb.faa.gov/rgl.

Background

    A harmonized team of FAA, other airworthiness authorities, and 
members of the rotorcraft industry developed this material. Except for 
references, the text is the same in MG 18 for both AC 27-1B and AC 29-
2C. When these AC paragraphs are finalized, they will be posted on the 
Internet Web site as accepted, and they will be published in the next 
updates to AC 27-1B and AC 29-2C.

    Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on June 30, 2004.
Mark Schilling,
Acting Manager, Rotorcraft Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service.
[FR Doc. 04-15646 Filed 7-8-04; 8:45 am]
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