bakerocb
Joined: 15 Jan 2006
Posts: 727
Location: FAIRFAX VA
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 Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 3:37 am Post subject: Aircraft Radio Station License |
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6/9/2010
Hello Again Fellow Builders and Pilots of Experimental Amateur Built
Aircraft, This is a follow up to my prior rant about the poor quality of the
"Expert Panel" article entitled "Ramp Check!" on page 16 of the May 2010
issue of Sport Aviation magazine.
In that prior rant I discussed the article's erroneous implication that
experimental amateur built aircraft were required to have an Airplane Flight
Manual on board when operating. The EAA (Joe Norris) has agreed to publish a
correction to the article. (Let me know if you want the particulars of my
prior rant.)
This posting is about the article's erroneous statement, without any
qualification, that the ramp inspector would want to see "some specific
documents" including the aircraft's radio station license.
Here is a web site that you can go to in order to check out the validity of
the article's statement regarding the requirement for an aircraft's radio
station license:
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_06/47cfr87_06.html
Here are extracts of the pertinent elements from that site:
"(b) An aircraft station is licensed by
rule and does not need an individual license
issued by the FCC if ....skip..... the aircraft station does not make
international flights or communications."
See below for more from this section of the FCC regulations.
'OC' Baker Says: "The best investment we can make is the time and effort to
gather and understand knowledge."
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87.18 Station license required.
(a) Except as noted in paragraph (b)
of this section, stations in the aviation
service must be licensed by the FCC either
individually or by fleet.
(b) An aircraft station is licensed by
rule and does not need an individual license
issued by the FCC if the aircraft
station is not required by statute, treaty,
or agreement to which the United
States is signatory to carry a radio,
and the aircraft station does not make
international flights or communications.
Even though an individual license
is not required, an aircraft station
licensed by rule must be operated
in accordance with all applicable operating
requirements, procedures, and
technical specifications found in this
part.
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