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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

Pt. 60, App. A 

(ii) A device qualified on or after May 30, 

2008, will be required to undergo an initial or 
upgrade evaluation in accordance with 
§ 60.15. Once the initial or upgrade evaluation 
is complete, the first continuing qualifica-
tion evaluation will be conducted within 6 
months. The 12-month continuing qualifica-
tion evaluation cycle begins on that date and 
continues for each subsequent 12-month pe-
riod. 

(b) There is no minimum number of hours 

of FFS use required. 

(c) The identification of the specific FFS 

may change from one 12-month period to the 
next 12-month period as long as the sponsor 
sponsors and uses at least one FFS at least 
once during the prescribed period. 

(2) Example Two. 
(a) A sponsor sponsors an additional num-

ber of FFSs, in its facility or elsewhere. 
Each additionally sponsored FFS must be— 

(i) Used by the sponsor in the sponsor’s 

FAA-approved flight training program for 
the airplane simulated (as described in 
§ 60.7(d)(1)); 

OR 

(ii) Used by another FAA certificate holder 

in that other certificate holder’s FAA-ap-
proved flight training program for the air-
plane simulated (as described in § 60.7(d)(1)). 
This 12-month period is established in the 
same manner as in example one; 

OR 

(iii) Provided a statement each year from a 

qualified pilot (after having flown the air-
plane, not the subject FFS or another FFS, 
during the preceding 12-month period), stat-
ing that the subject FFS’s performance and 
handling qualities represent the airplane (as 
described in § 60.7(d)(2)). This statement is 
provided at least once in each 12-month pe-
riod established in the same manner as in ex-
ample one. 

(b) No minimum number of hours of FFS 

use is required. 

(3) Example Three. 
(a) A sponsor in New York (in this exam-

ple, a Part 142 certificate holder) establishes 
‘‘satellite’’ training centers in Chicago and 
Moscow. 

(b) The satellite function means that the 

Chicago and Moscow centers must operate 
under the New York center’s certificate (in 
accordance with all of the New York center’s 
practices, procedures, and policies; e.g., in-
structor and/or technician training/checking 
requirements, record keeping, QMS pro-
gram). 

(c) All of the FFSs in the Chicago and Mos-

cow centers could be dry-leased (i.e., the cer-
tificate holder does not have and use FAA- 
approved flight training programs for the 
FFSs in the Chicago and Moscow centers) be-
cause— 

(i) Each FFS in the Chicago center and 

each FFS in the Moscow center is used at 
least once each 12-month period by another 

FAA certificate holder in that other certifi-
cate holder’s FAA-approved flight training 
program for the airplane (as described in 
§ 60.7(d)(1)); 

OR 

(ii) A statement is obtained from a quali-

fied pilot (having flown the airplane, not the 
subject FFS or another FFS, during the pre-
ceding 12-month period) stating that the per-
formance and handling qualities of each FFS 
in the Chicago and Moscow centers rep-
resents the airplane (as described in 
§ 60.7(d)(2)). 

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The phrase ‘‘as soon as practicable’’ in 

§ 60.9(a) means without unnecessarily dis-
rupting or delaying beyond a reasonable 
time the training, evaluation, or experience 
being conducted in the FFS. 

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No additional regulatory or informational 

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a. Flight test data used to validate FFS 

performance and handling qualities must 
have been gathered in accordance with a 
flight test program containing the following: 

(1) A flight test plan consisting of: 
(a) The maneuvers and procedures required 

for aircraft certification and simulation pro-
gramming and validation. 

(b) For each maneuver or procedure— 
(i) The procedures and control input the 

flight test pilot and/or engineer used. 

(ii) The atmospheric and environmental 

conditions. 

(iii) The initial flight conditions. 
(iv) The airplane configuration, including 

weight and center of gravity. 

(v) The data to be gathered. 

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