Regulation & law · 05/10/2001

FAA Proposes Airworthiness Criteria for Transport Category Airships

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced the initiation of a proposed airworthiness criteria for transport category airships, which will be based on the Transport Airship Requirement (TAR) developed by the Netherlands' CAA-NL and Germany's LBA. The FAA plans to use the TAR as the core of a US airworthiness criteria, but may propose additional requirements.