Title 14

PART 147 APPENDIX C



Appendix C to Part 147 - Airframe Curriculum Subjects

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Appendix C to Part 147 - Airframe Curriculum Subjects

This appendix lists the subjects required in at least 750 hours of each airframe curriculum, in addition to at least 400 hours in general curriculum subjects.

The number in parentheses before each item listed under each subject heading indicates the level of proficiency at which that item must be taught.

I. Airframe Structures

Teaching level
a. wood structures
(1) 1. Service and repair wood structures.
(1) 2. Identify wood defects.
(1) 3. Inspect wood structures.
b. aircraft covering
(1) 4. Select and apply fabric and fiberglass covering materials.
(1) 5. Inspect, test, and repair fabric and fiberglass.
c. aircraft finishes
(1) 6. Apply trim, letters, and touchup paint.
(2) 7. Identify and select aircraft finishing materials.
(2) 8. Apply finishing materials.
(2) 9. Inspect finishes and identify defects.
d. sheet metal and non-metallic structures
(2) 10. Select, install, and remove special fasteners for metallic, bonded, and composite structures.
(2) 11. Inspect bonded structures.
(2) 12. Inspect, test, and repair fiberglass, plastics, honeycomb, composite, and laminated primary and secondary structures.
(2) 13. Inspect, check, service, and repair windows, doors, and interior furnishings.
(3) 14. Inspect and repair sheet-metal structures.
(3) 15. Install conventional rivets.
(3) 16. Form, lay out, and bend sheet metal.
e. welding
(1) 17. Weld magnesium and titanium.
(1) 18. Solder stainless steel.
(1) 19. Fabricate tubular structures.
(2) 20. Solder, braze, gas-weld, and arc-weld steel.
(1) 21. Weld aluminum and stainless steel.
f. assembly and rigging
(1) 22. Rig rotary-wing aircraft.
(2) 23. Rig fixed-wing aircraft.
(2) 24. Check alignment of structures.
(3) 25. Assemble aircraft components, including flight control surfaces.
(3) 26. Balance, rig, and inspect movable primary and secondary flight control surfaces.
(3) 27. Jack aircraft.
g. airframe inspection
(3) 28. Perform airframe conformity and airworthiness inspections.