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 | FAA and Boeing personnel therefore performed a series of aircraft flight and ground tests to evaluate the effectiveness of GBI as a means of reducing the flammability of fuel tanks in the commercial transport fleet. |
| FAA specialists planned to explore the use of relatively low-cost expandable graphite technology in semi-inorganic rubber compounds to obtain a fireproof (zero heat release rate) seat cushion foam by 2005. |
| FAA personnel added airplane models A-320 and Cessna-172 to the research program in FY 2001, and models B-747 and B-777 were scheduled to be incorporated into the program in FY 2002. |
| Certification of Aircraft and Airmen for the Operation of Light-Sport Aircraft (19421 words) |
| The FAA recognizes that consensus standards may not be completed by the effective date of the rule, and has therefore revised the rule to permit existing two-seat ultralights to be used for many of the operations that are intended for aircraft manufactured to a consensus standard. |
| As stated in the proposal, the FAA intended to limit the definition of light-sport aircraft to primarily address the population of ultralight-like aircraft that are being operated under exemptions to part 103 to conduct flight training. |
| The FAA is concerned that modifications to an aircraft to meet the light-sport aircraft definition may increase its complexity to a level that is inappropriate for the capabilities of the sport pilot. |
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