COBHAM ELT/NAV INTERFACE Abbreviated Component Maintenance Manual page 20

COBHAM AVIONICS WULFSBERG ELECTRONICS
ABBREVIATED COMPONENT MAINTENANCE MANUAL
FAR
FORM 337
FSDO
MIL
P/N
PLUG
RECEPTACLE
RTCA
SAR
TSO
UTC
453-6500
Federal Aviation Regulations – The rules and regulations governing
the manufacture, certification, operation, maintenance, repair, and
alteration of aircraft in the United States.
FAA Form 337 is required anytime a major repair and/or major altera-
tion is performed on an aircraft. Refer to FAR, Part 43, Appendix A
and the definitions of Major Repair/Alteration contained in FAR, Part 1
for guidance.
Flight Standards District Office – FAA district offices responsible for
aircraft certification, operation, maintenance, and modification issues,
approvals and enforcement.
The three-letter acronym that stands for "Military" and proceeds mili-
tary specifications and standards numbers (e.g., MIL-W-xxxx would
indicate a wire specification and MIL-STD-xxxx would indicate a stan-
dard).
Part Number – Refers to an Wulfsberg Electronics part number,
unless otherwise noted. Part numbers are also indicated with paren-
theses (e.g., XXX-XXXX).
The term "Plug", within the context of this document, refers to the
male half of an electrical connector.
The term "Receptacle", within the context of this document, refers to
the female half of an electrical connector.
Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics – Organization that
makes recommendations for airworthiness. Refer to http://
www.rtca.org/aboutrtca.asp for more information.
Search and Rescue
Technical Standard Order – A TSO is a minimum performance stan-
dard issued by the FAA for specified materials, parts, processes, and
appliances used on civil aircraft.
Coordinated Universal Time – A time standard based on International
Atomic Time. UTC is the time system used in aviation and is often
associated with Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and/or "Zulu" time.
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