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Go to www.faa.gov
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Click on
Regulations and Policies Tab
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Click on
FAA Regulations
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Click on
Current Federal Regulations
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Click on
1-59
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Click on
45.1-45.33
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Click on
45.29
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Look at
(b) 1 (ii) “…3 inches high may be displayed…when
the maximum cruising speed of the aircraft does not exceed 180 knots CAS;…”
Without a Letter from your FSDO for your
specific N number, you are clearly directed by the text. Call or visit your
FSDO or MIDO.
Remember, your program letter with your
application, if you use a preformatted one, says that you marked your aircraft I/A/W
FAR 45.
Operating Limitation Number 1, issued on
day of Certification, states that you are to comply with all of FAR 91. FAR
91.9 (c) says that you must be ID’d Via …”part 45 of this
chapter”. This is further defined again around Operating Limit (13) …” This aircraft must contain the placards,
markings, etc., as required by §91.9”.
So, unless you have an individual Letter,
in your possession, to deviate from the included texts, I’d say the text
is pretty clear.
You can do anything with a Clearance.
Just because someone else is running afoul of their specific Operating Limits,
and the FAR, does not make it OK for us to repeat their intention.
Bottom line is that you’ve got to
have a separate letter, or a statement built into your Operating Limits, to not
violate all of the above. This subject is not new nor has it been changed in
the last 20 years. Be careful out there.
Jim
From: Ed Gray
[mailto:egraylaw@swbell.net]
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 6:50
AM
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Subject: N numbers
My understanding was numbers should be one foot high if plane exceeds
200 knots, but I have seen many 360s with 3 inch numbers, and am sure these are
200 knot planes. I plan on a little over 200 knots, what should I do?
Ed Gray, Dallas L2 building