JAR-22 STUDY GROUP

Abstract

JAR stands for the Joint Aviation Requirements and JAR-22 is the design requirements for sailplanes and powered sailplanes. The Study Group (SG) meets twice a year, the 39th meeting was held at Austro Control, the headquarters of the Austrian Civil Aviation Authority in Vienna, from 22-24 April 1996. This meeting was attended bydelegates and observers from Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, the U.K., USA and representatives for the manufacturers. The U.S. observer liaises with the group since there is the intent to align or "harmonize" requirements; of course many sailplanes from Europe are imported in to the USA so acceptance of the JAR-22 requirements by the Federal Aviation Administration is logical. It has the advantage that new aircraft can be issued with a national certificate of airworthiness rather than being put into the experimental category. The author attends as an operational adviser since some of the delegates are not pilots and an operational input is sometimes helpful if there is a problem or not?