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§ 121.153

that produces a legible image of the
maintenance information and instruc-
tions or a system that is able to re-
trieve the maintenance information
and instructions in the English lan-
guage.

(b) If a certificate holder conducting

supplemental operations is able to per-
form all scheduled maintenance at
specified stations where it keeps main-
tenance parts of the manual, it does
not have to carry those parts of the
manual aboard the aircraft en route to
those stations.

[Doc. No. 6258, 29 FR 19196, Dec. 31, 1964, as
amended by Amdt. 12–71, 35 FR 17176, Nov. 7,
1970; Amdt. 121–253, 61 FR 2611, Jan. 26, 1996;
Amdt. 121–262, 62 FR 13256, Mar. 19, 1997; 62
FR 15570, Apr. 1, 1997]

§ 121.141

Airplane flight manual.

(a) Each certificate holder shall keep

a current approved airplane flight man-
ual for each type of airplane that it op-
erates except for nontransport cat-
egory airplanes certificated before Jan-
uary 1, 1965.

(b) In each airplane required to have

an airplane flight manual in paragraph
(a) of this section, the certificate hold-
er shall carry either the manual re-
quired by § 121.133, if it contains the in-
formation required for the applicable
flight manual and this information is
clearly identified as flight manual re-
quirements, or an approved Airplane
Manual. If the certificate holder elects
to carry the manual required by
§ 121.133, the certificate holder may re-
vise the operating procedures sections
and modify the presentation of per-
formance data from the applicable
flight manual if the revised operating
procedures and modified performance
date presentation are—

(1) Approved by the Administrator;

and

(2) Clearly identified as airplane

flight manual requirements.

[Doc. No. 28154, 60 FR 65927, Dec. 20, 1995]

Subpart H—Aircraft Requirements

OURCE

: Docket No. 6258, 29 FR 19197, Dec.

31, 1964, unless otherwise noted.

§ 121.151

Applicability.

This subpart prescribes aircraft re-

quirements for all certificate holders.

§ 121.153

Aircraft requirements: Gen-

eral.

(a) Except as provided in paragraph

(1) Is registered as a civil aircraft of

the United States and carries an appro-
priate current airworthiness certificate
issued under this chapter; and

(2) Is in an airworthy condition and

meets the applicable airworthiness re-
quirements of this chapter, including
those relating to identification and
equipment.

(b) A certificate holder may use an

approved weight and balance control
system based on average, assumed, or
estimated weight to comply with appli-
cable airworthiness requirements and
operating limitations.

in common carriage, and for the car-
riage of mail, a civil aircraft which is
leased or chartered to it without crew
and is registered in a country which is
a party to the Convention on Inter-
national Civil Aviation if—

(1) The aircraft carries an appro-

priate airworthiness certificate issued
by the country of registration and
meets the registration and identifica-
tion requirements of that country;

(2) The aircraft is of a type design

which is approved under a U.S. type
certificate and complies with all of the
requirements of this chapter (14 CFR
Chapter 1) that would be applicable to
that aircraft were it registered in the
United States, including the require-
ments which must be met for issuance
of a U.S. standard airworthiness cer-
tificate (including type design con-
formity, condition for safe operation,
and the noise, fuel venting, and engine
emission requirements of this chapter),
except that a U.S. registration certifi-
cate and a U.S. standard airworthiness
certificate will not be issued for the
aircraft;

(3) The aircraft is operated by U.S.-

certificated airmen employed by the
certificate holder; and

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