ARROW Acronym

Wm226

Wm226

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A - irworthiness Certificate
R - egistration [Aircraft Registration]
R - estricted Radiotelephone Operator's Permit
O - perating Limitations [POH or AFM]
W - eight and Balance

The Airworthiness Certificate and Aircraft Registration requirement can be found in FAR § 91.203; the Operating Limitations and Weight and Balance (the latter of which... indirectly) requirement can be found in FAR § 91.9.

What about the Restricted Radiotelephone Operator's Permit? Where in the FAR is the Restricted Radiotelephone Operator's Permit established as a requirement?
 
FAA pilot certificates double as FCC licenses for flights in the domestic united states, except if you operate using UHF radios. The regulations are in the FCC part, not the FARs. I don't know where. Somewhere in Title 47 part 87.
 
I've always thought of the acronym as AR[R]OW (or just AROW), since the FCC license is only required if flying outside the United States.
 
inigo88 said:
I've always thought of the acronym as AR[R]OW (or just AROW), since the FCC license is only required if flying outside the United States.
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It's there because at one time the radio license was required in the US. Can't go around getting rid of perfectly good acronyms just because they're not accurate, can we? :pirate:

And, afaik, you never could find it in the FAR to begin with since it's an FCC reg.
 
"Operating limitations" also includes instrument markings and placards that are a part of the aircraft's type certification data.
 
if I remember correctly, a useless tidbit of trivia is that the blue swirl in the upper right of your pilot cert is actually the FCC licensing for your domestic ops, which is why you need the Radiotelephone permit for international ops. Note that the swirl on your CFI cert is black since it can only be used in conjunction with the commercial cert (which would have the blue swirl)

Don't ask me where I get this information because most of the time I make it up.
 
moxiepilot said:
if I remember correctly, a useless tidbit of trivia is that the blue swirl in the upper right of your pilot cert is actually the FCC licensing for your domestic ops, which is why you need the Radiotelephone permit for international ops. Note that the swirl on your CFI cert is black since it can only be used in conjunction with the commercial cert (which would have the blue swirl)

Don't ask me where I get this information because most of the time I make it up.
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True or not, i'm using it!
 
moxiepilot said:
if I remember correctly, a useless tidbit of trivia is that the blue swirl in the upper right of your pilot cert is actually the FCC licensing for your domestic ops, which is why you need the Radiotelephone permit for international ops. Note that the swirl on your CFI cert is black since it can only be used in conjunction with the commercial cert (which would have the blue swirl)

Don't ask me where I get this information because most of the time I make it up.
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What if you have a gold seal CFI? Isnt that swirl on it gold?
 
Wm226 said:
A - irworthiness Certificate
R - egistration [Aircraft Registration]
R - estricted Radiotelephone Operator's Permit
O - perating Limitations [POH or AFM]
W - eight and Balance

The Airworthiness Certificate and Aircraft Registration requirement can be found in FAR § 91.203; the Operating Limitations and Weight and Balance (the latter of which... indirectly) requirement can be found in FAR § 91.9.

What about the Restricted Radiotelephone Operator's Permit? Where in the FAR is the Restricted Radiotelephone Operator's Permit established as a requirement?
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Actually... considering this is an acronym for what is required to be in the airplane itself, it would be the Radio Station License for that airplane, not the operator's permit that the pilot carries.

I've still got the old Station License for my airplane that was required for domestic flight.
 
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