ACR&Artex ELT to Nav Interface - Manual (Page 20)

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APR 30/12
FAR Federal Aviation Regulations – The rules and regulations governing
the manufacture, certification, operation, maintenance, repair, and
alteration of aircraft in the United States.
FORM 337 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.
FSDO Flight Standards District Office – FAA district offices responsible for
aircraft certification, operation, maintenance, and modification issues,
approvals and enforcement.
MIL 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).
P/N Part Number – Refers to an ACR Electronics, Inc. part number, unless
otherwise noted. Part numbers are also indicated with parentheses
(e.g., XXX-XXXX).
PLUG The term “Plug”, within the context of this document, refers to the
male half of an electrical connector.
RECEPTACLE The term “Receptacle”, within the context of this document, refers to
the female half of an electrical connector.
RTCA Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics – Organization that
makes recommendations for airworthiness. Refer to http://
www.rtca.org/aboutrtca.asp for more information.
SAR Search and Rescue
TSO 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.
UTC 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.