scope:

This specification covers the requirements for the preparation of four (4) types of flight manuals and three (3) types of abbreviated flight manual checklists for all types of aircraft. This specification contains appendices which will allow for the tagging of flight manual information for digital delivery to the government. These will allow the flight manual to be prepared in either a paper or electronic presentation. Appendices A through C provide the Document Type Definitions (DTD) required to prepare the manuals specified herein. Adherence to this specification is essential to assure maximum standardization of the flight manual program; however, requirements that are not applicable to a specific aircraft will not be included. Further, any features applicable to a specific aircraft, but not specified herein, will be included in the manual unless waived by the acquiring activity (see 6.2).

The level of detail contained in this performance specification is necessary to comply with the requirements of the Joint Computer-aided Acquisition and Logistics Support (JCALS) system.

The four types of manuals covered by this specification are:

Flight Manual (seven sections) (see 3.3)

Performance Data Manual (see 3.4) Beneficial comments (recommendations, additions, deletions) and any pertinent data which may be of use in improving this document should be addressed to: Det 2, HQ ESC/AV-2, 4027 Col Glenn Hwy, Suite 300, Dayton, OH 45431-1672 by using the Standardization Document improvement Proposal (DD Form 1426) appearing at the end of this document or by letter.

Mission Crew Manual (see 3.5)

Supplemental Manual (see 3.6)

intended Use:

This specification covers flight manuals that are intended to provide information for flight crews in the operation of aircraft and their on-board systems.