Regulations and Government
FAA Updating Helicopter Certification Standards
Minor changes to FAR Parts 27 and 29 attempt to streamline approval process for new helicopter technologies and features.
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Amendments to FAR Parts 27 and 29—governing normal and transport category civil rotorcraft certification standards—will take effect on April 11 and follow an analysis of comments from interested parties after a related notice of proposed rulemaking. 

These standards date back to 1964 and the FAA maintains that the changes are necessary “to address modern designs currently used in the rotorcraft industry and will reduce the burden on applicants for certification of new rotorcraft designs.” In some cases, new technology has rendered the regulations in Parts 27 and 29 obsolete. This final rule revises those regulations. 

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