Special Conditions: Gulfstream Aerospace Limited Partnership (GALP) Model G150 Airplane; Windshield Coating in Lieu of Wipers
Special conditions are rules the FAA writes for one design when the standard certification rules do not cover something new about it. These were published October 17, 2005 for Gulfstream. System: airframe structure.
What it applies to
- Applicant
- Gulfstream
- Makes
- Gulfstream
- Models
- —
- Published
- October 17, 2005
- Effective
- November 16, 2005
- The FAA's document
- On the FAA's site
The FAA's summary their words, unchanged
These special conditions are issued for the Gulfstream Aerospace Limited Partnership (GALP) Model G150 airplane. This airplane will have a novel or unusual design feature associated with use of a hydrophobic coating, rather than windshield wipers, as the means to maintain a clear portion of the windshield during precipitation conditions, as required by the airworthiness standards for transport category airplanes. The applicable 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.
Source: FAA special conditions (final) from the Dynamic Regulatory System; the Federal Register carries the same notices.