Federal Aviation Administration January 12, 2024 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Airworthiness Criteria: Special Class Airworthiness Criteria for the Wing Aviation LLC; Hummingbird Unmanned Aircraft
Document Number: 2024-00549
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-01-12
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
The FAA announces the special class airworthiness criteria for the Wing Aviation LLC (Wing) Hummingbird unmanned aircraft (UA). This document sets forth the airworthiness criteria that the FAA finds to be appropriate and applicable for the UA design.
Notice of Availability, Notice of Public Comment Period and Request for Comment on the Draft Environmental Assessment in Support of the Application for a Supersonic Flight Waiver for Boom Technology XB-1 Supersonic Test Flights
Document Number: 2024-00575
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-01-12
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
This Environmental Assessment (EA) has been prepared to satisfy National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requirements (authorization to operate at supersonic speeds). This EA addresses the environmental impacts of proposed supersonic operations within the pre- existing supersonic corridors, as well as the effects of the associated landing and takeoff (LTO) operations at Mojave Air and Space Port. The proposed supersonic flight operations evaluated in this EA would consist of a limited number of test flights (10-20 supersonic tests of the XB-1 and its chase aircraft) occurring within a one-year duration.
Special Conditions: Lufthansa Tecknik AG, Airbus Models A319-133 and A321-200 Series Airplanes; Supercapacitor Systems and Installation
Document Number: 2024-00484
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-01-12
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
These special conditions are issued for the Airbus Model A319- 133 and A321-200 series airplanes. These airplanes, as modified by Lufthansa Tecknik AG (Lufthansa), will have a novel or unusual design feature when compared to the state of technology envisioned in the airworthiness standards for transport category airplanes. This design feature is the installation of an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system based on supercapacitor technology. The current airworthiness regulations do not contain adequate or appropriate safety standards for this design feature. These special conditions contain the additional safety standards that the Administrator considers necessary to establish a level of safety equivalent to that established by the existing airworthiness standards.
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