Aircraft design process
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The term Aircraft design can have many different meanings:
- An aircraft design as defined by type definition documentation, such as a type certificateType certificateA Type Certificate, is awarded by aviation regulating bodies to aerospace manufacturers after it has been established that the particular design of a civil aircraft, engine, or propeller has fulfilled the regulating bodies' current prevailing airworthiness requirements for the safe conduct of...
for certified aircraft and as legally defined by the appropriate Airworthiness certificateAirworthiness certificateA Certificate of Airworthiness , or an airworthiness certificate, is issued for an aircraft by the national aviation authority in the state in which the aircraft is registered. The airworthiness certificate attests that the aircraft is airworthy insofar as the aircraft conforms to its type design...
, including a Standard Airworthiness CertificateStandard Airworthiness CertificateA standard airworthiness certificate is an airworthiness certificate issued for an aircraft by the national aviation authority in the state in which the aircraft is registered. A standard airworthiness certificate is one of the certificates that are mandatory if an aircraft is to be used in...
for certified aircraft or a Special Airworthiness CertificateSpecial Airworthiness CertificateA special airworthiness certificate is an airworthiness certificate that is not sufficient to allow an aircraft to be used in commercial passenger or cargo operations.-United States:...
for other non-certified aircraft types. - Aircraft design processAircraft design processThe term Aircraft design can have many different meanings:*An aircraft design as defined by type definition documentation, such as a type certificate for certified aircraft and as legally defined by the appropriate Airworthiness certificate, including a Standard Airworthiness Certificate for...
, the process of creating an individual aircraft design. - Aircraft DesignsAircraft DesignsAircraft Designs Inc is a US aircraft design and manufacturing firm founded in Monterey, California by Martin Hollmann in 1986. Apart from working on its own designs, the firm provides design and engineering analysis to other aerospace ventures.- Products :...
, an aircraft design and manufacturing firm based in Monterey, CaliforniaMonterey, CaliforniaThe City of Monterey in Monterey County is located on Monterey Bay along the Pacific coast in Central California. Monterey lies at an elevation of 26 feet above sea level. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 27,810. Monterey is of historical importance because it was the capital of...
, United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. - Aircraft designer, the person, or team of people, who design aircraft. See also :Category:Aviation inventors and :Category:Aerospace engineers by nationality