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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

§ 135.145

part does not require the duplication of
any equipment required by this chap-
ter.

§ 135.143 General requirements.

(a) No person may operate an aircraft

under this part unless that aircraft and
its equipment meet the applicable reg-
ulations of this chapter.

(b) Except as provided in § 135.179, no

person may operate an aircraft under
this part unless the required instru-
ments and equipment in it have been
approved and are in an operable condi-
tion.

stalled within the time periods indi-
cated below must meet the perform-
ance and environmental requirements
of the following TSO’s:

(1)

Through January 1, 1992:

(i) Any

class of TSO-C74b or any class of TSO-
C74c as appropriate, provided that the
equipment was manufactured before
January 1, 1990; or

(ii) The appropriate class of TSO-C112

(Mode S).

(2)

After January 1, 1992:

The appro-

priate class of TSO-C112 (Mode S). For
purposes of paragraph (c)(2) of this sec-
tion, ‘‘installation’’ does not include—

(i) Temporary installation of TSO-

C74b or TSO-C74c substitute equip-
ment, as appropriate, during mainte-
nance of the permanent equipment;

(ii) Reinstallation of equipment after

temporary removal for maintenance; or

(iii) For fleet operations, installation

of equipment in a fleet aircraft after
removal of the equipment for mainte-
nance from another aircraft in the
same operator’s fleet.

[Doc. No. 16097, 43 FR 46783, Oct. 10, 1978, as
amended by Amdt. 135–22, 52 FR 3392, Feb. 3,
1987]

§ 135.144 Portable electronic devices.

(a) Except as provided in paragraph

(b) of this section, no person may oper-
ate, nor may any operator or pilot in
command of an aircraft allow the oper-
ation of, any portable electronic device
on any U.S.-registered civil aircraft op-
erating under this part.

(b) Paragraph (a) of this section does

not apply to—

(1) Portable voice recorders;
(2) Hearing aids;
(3) Heart pacemakers;

(4) Electric shavers;
(5) Portable oxygen concentrators

that comply with the requirements in
§ 135.91; or

(6) Any other portable electronic de-

vice that the part 119 certificate holder
has determined will not cause inter-
ference with the navigation or commu-
nication system of the aircraft on
which it is to be used.

(c). The determination required by

paragraph (b)(6) of this section shall be
made by that part 119 certificate holder
operating the aircraft on which the
particular device is to be used.

[Doc. No. FAA–1998–4954, 64 FR 1080, Jan. 7,
1999, as amended by Docket FAA–2014–0554,
Amdt. 135–133, 81 FR 33120, May 24, 2016]

§ 135.145 Aircraft proving and valida-

tion tests.

(a) No certificate holder may operate

an aircraft, other than a turbojet air-
craft, for which two pilots are required
by this chapter for operations under
VFR, if it has not previously proved
such an aircraft in operations under
this part in at least 25 hours of proving
tests acceptable to the Administrator
including—

(1) Five hours of night time, if night

flights are to be authorized;

(2) Five instrument approach proce-

dures under simulated or actual condi-
tions, if IFR flights are to be author-
ized; and

(3) Entry into a representative num-

ber of en route airports as determined
by the Administrator.

(b) No certificate holder may operate

a turbojet airplane if it has not pre-
viously proved a turbojet airplane in
operations under this part in at least 25
hours of proving tests acceptable to the
Administrator including—