# STC SH317GL

- Type: Supplemental type certificate
- Status: Current, Reissued
- Holder: Heliplane Aircraft Corporation International, United States
- Description: Removal of cabin door for flight
- Applied: May 7, 1979
- Status date: July 27, 2011
- Product: Aircraft, Rotorcraft
- Certification basis: Part 21
- Data sheets: [TCDS 1H17](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/1H17)
- Certificate PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/54/20/5420dee64c3485a38fc456ff979430ee360861e6df08cd65d407e423c719d4c2
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/EE0AC3B0062D76DC862578EE00736EEB.0001
- DRS record last changed: December 6, 2025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/stc/SH317GL

## ADs that name it (0)

None.

## Approved models (1)

- Air & Space America Inc. 18A ([TCDS 1H17](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/1H17))

## What the certificate says

Read from the PDF's text layer, without the form's printed wording; the layout is lost and the order can differ. The PDF is the record.

This certificate issued to

Part 6 of the Civil Air Regulations.

(See T.C. Data Sheet 1H17 for complete certification basis.)

Description of Type Design Change: Removal of cabin door for flight.

Limitations and Conditions: The limitations of Farrington Aircraft Corporation Supplement Number 3 to Air and Space Model 18A Gyroplane Flight Manual dated June 4, 1979.

This approval should not be extended to other aircraft of this model on which other previously approved modifications are incorporated unless it is determined by the installer that the interrelationship between this change and any of those other previously approved modifications will produce no adverse effect upon the airworthiness of that aircraft. If the holder agrees to permit another person to use this certificate to alter the product, the holder shall give the other person written evidence of that permission.

Heliplane Aircraft Corporation International 1821 North US Highway 1 Ft. Pierce, Florida 34946 1H17 Make : Air and Space Model : 18A Date of application : May 7, 1979

Date of issuance : June 13, 1979

Date reissued : June 27, 2011, July 27, 2011

( Signature) Melvin D. Taylor Manager, Atlanta Aircraft Certification Office

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## Every issue (2)

- July 27, 2011: Reissued, Current. [certificate](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/54/20/5420dee64c3485a38fc456ff979430ee360861e6df08cd65d407e423c719d4c2)
- June 27, 2011: Reissued, Historical. [certificate](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/7a/e6/7ae649a4a94dad3b445206d9672a12548e6ebe97098dee6a1d946db67cf863d5)

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