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GPS Installation Approval Guide

GPSInst-1.jpg (73587 bytes) This 400-page manual  was developed for FAA inspectors to evaluate and approve GPS installations. It also  contains  required documents, making it a valuable "one-source" reference for designers and installers

 

CONTENTS

I. Introduction
GPS Basics
System Description and Performance
Differential GPS
GPS Receiver Classification

2. Approval Process
Approval Flow Diagam
Initial Vs. Follow-on Approval
VFR, IFR, Non-precision Approaches
Multisensor GPS Receivers
Special Use - Not for Navigation
Portable GPS Receivers
Area of Operations
Primary Vs Supplemental Means

  of Navigation
Differential GPS for Special Use
Special Category I Instrument                 Approaches

3. Airworthiness Approval
Required Proposal Documents
Determining Method of Approval
Approval Flow Diagram
Approval Via TC or STC
Field Approval
Conformity Inspection
Field Airworthiness Approval
Continuing GPS Airworthiness

4. Operations Approval &         Validation
General Operations Requirements
Proposal Documents/Validation Test        Plan
Issuing Operations Approval
   Operations Manuals,
   Procedures, MEL
Continuing GPS Operations Evaluation
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Tables
IFR GPS Equipment Classification
  from TSO-C129
GPS and DGPS Uses, Required
  Equipment and Approval
General Process for Approval
Determine Method of Approval
En Route Authorization, Class I Nav
En Route Authorization, Class II Nav
Primary Means Class II Nav
Non Precision Approach Procedures

Checklists
Required Documents, Analysis
Conformity Inspection
Operation Requirements
Detailed Analysis
Demonstraion/Validation Test

References
FAA Orders, Advisory CIrculars,     Notices, Regulations relating to GPS airworthiness and operations

Acronyms & Abbreviations


GPS Installation Approval Guide

Pages:   400
Cat. No. GPIN-1
Price:     $89.00

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