Downloaded from https://www.everyspec.com 3.1.12.1. Carriaae, asvmmetrical. This term applies to the carriage of stores which can be unlike in shape, physical properties, or number with reference to the plane of symmetry. 3.1.12.2. Carriaae, conformal (or tanaential). The concept of packaging stores to conform as closely as practical to the external aircraft lines to reduce drag and obtain the best overall aerodynamic shape. Stores are generally carried in arrays, mounted tangentially to some portion of the aircraft, usually the bottom of the fuselage. It includes those arrangements made possible by weapon shapes configured for this purpose. 3.1.12.3. Carriaae, multiple.
Carriage of more than one store on any given piece of suspension equipment, such as bombs carried on a triple ejector rack (TER) or multiple ejector rack (MER). 3.1.12.4. Carriage, sinale. Carriage of only one store on any given station or pylon. 3.1.12.5. Carriaqe, svmmetrical. An arrangement (loading) of identical stores on either side of a dividing line or plane (usually the longitudinal axis) as related to a given aircraft, suspension equipment, or weapons bay. 3.1.12.6. Carriage, tandem. Carriage of more than one store on any given piece of suspension equipment such that one store is behind the other. 3.1.13. Cartv-on equipment.
Any portable device that can be used on-board by crew or passenger for the purpose of its operation in-flight. 3.1.14. Certification agency. The service office or organization having the responsibility for issuing the technical manuals, and changes thereto, which constitute store certification (e.g., Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), Air Force aircraft System Program Office (SPO), or Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM). The AMCOM Commander delegates the store certification role to the AMRDEC's Aviation Engineering Directorate (AED), which is collocated with AMCOM. 3.1.15. Certification of a store. A U.S.
Navy and Air force term that is equivalent to the Army's airworthiness qualification of a store. 3.1.16. Circular error probable (CEP). A measure of dispersion to describe accuracy whose value is equal to the radius of a circle centered on the target or mean point of impact and contains 50 percent of the population impact points. The CEP is usually given in meters. 3.1.17. Contractor Fliaht Release (CFR). A CFR is a technical document and transmittal letter, signed by the Government, which authorizes an element of industry to operate an Army air vehicle of an approved configuration within prescribed limitations by established procedures.
A CFR is used when the Government holds ground and flight