QUALITY ASSURANCE PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS - PART 18: AIRCRAFT AND MUNITIONS PARACHUTES AND PARACHUTE ASSEMBLIES, HARNESSES AND PERSONNEL RESTRAINT HARNESSES FOR USE IN AIRCRAFT

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-08-2008

Publisher

UK Ministry of Defence Standards

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Warning
3 Normative References
4 Definitions
5 Parachute Classification
6 Requirements
   6.1 Design Contracts
   6.2 Production Contracts
7 Materials
   7.1 Material Classification
   7.2 Age of Textile Materials
   7.3 Life of Materials
   7.4 'In Use' Equipment
   7.5 Accountability
8 Manufacture
   8.1 Method of Construction
   8.2 Sewing
   8.3 Rectification
   8.4 Rigging Lines
   8.5 Traceability
   8.6 Engineering Record Cards
9 Repair Or Conversion
   9.1 Limitations
   9.2 Metal Fittings
   9.3 Re-validation
   9.4 Mild Steel Fittings
   9.5 Disposal
10 Identification
   10.1 Serial Numbers
   10.2 New and Re-validated Metal Fittings
   10.3 Marking Media
11 Parachute Operational Packing
   11.1 Process Control
   11.2 Facilities
   11.3 Packing Instructions
   11.4 Training and Certification
12 Non-operational Packing

Describes MOD requirements for the manufacture, repair and conversion of aircraft and munitions parachutes and parachute assemblies, harnesses and personnel restraint harnesses for use in aircraft, and their metal fittings.

DevelopmentNote	Supersedes DEFSTAN 05-61(PT18)/1(1992). (08/2008) This standard is obsolescent because it is no longer required for the procurement of new equipment but is retained for maintenance purposes in support of existing in-service equipment. (04/2015)
DocumentType	Standard
Pages	12
PublisherName	UK Ministry of Defence Standards
Status	Current
Supersedes	DEFSTAN 05-61(PT18)/1(1992) : 1992

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