Talk:EASA CS-VLA

VLA, the acronym for Very Light Aircraft along with VLR for Very Light Rotorcraft, refer to aircraft design certification standards originally issued by the Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) as Joint Aviation Requirements JAR-VLA and JAR-VLR respectively

With the establishment of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) as the sole Aviation Certification Authority for some European countries, and publication of EASA Certification Standards (CS) in 2003, the JAA (the association of authorities, including those of countries that are not under EASA and JAA has to continue operations) has decided in 2004 to amend their Joint Aviation Requirements (JAR) by refering to the EASA Certification Specification (CS) where applicable.

JAR-VLA was issued on 26 April 1990 by the Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) and became effective on that date. Transport_Canada, the Aviation Certification Authority in Canada, adopted this standard effective 30 June 1993. AWM 523-VLA  The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the Aviation Certification Authority in USA, accepted the use of JAR-VLA as an alternative to Part 23 by means of an Advisory Circular AC 21.17-3 on 21 December 1992. 

A nnmber of Aircraft Type Certificate were issued by FAA, Transport_Canada, Austro Control GmBH (Aviation Certification Authority in Austria) etc.. to permit production and delivery of aircraft with a standard Certificate of Airworthiness (certificate defined by ICAO in Annex 8 to the Chicago convention, that allow flight over member countries, whereas Flight Permit, Restricted or Special Certificate are not recognised as flight authority in another country without some form of examination).

JAR-VLR was issued 1 September 2003. At least one Italian helicopter was certified to JAR-VLR by the ENAC (Aviation authority in Italy).

Cousiny 19:49, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Please consider changeing the title of this article to Very_Light_Aircraft because EASA_CS-VLA is misleading.


 * This happens all the time: A country decides to recognise a foreign certification. And, although Canada may have a VLA category of it's own, Canada was not a member of JAA, nor is it of EASA.  What I suggest you do is write an article about the Canadian CAA's VLA category.  Then (but only then) we will change Very Light Aircraft (which currently redirects here) into a disambig page which references the European, the Canadian, the Gimbomayan and the Flimolian VLA categories.  We'll even chuck in a "see also" link to the USA's FAA's Light-sport Aircraft.  Paul Beardsell 23:49, 24 January 2007 (UTC)