"Ron Natalie" wrote in message
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"Trent Moorehead" wrote in message
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At the risk of sounding ingnorant, what does TERP mean?

He's verbing the noun. TERPS is the "United States Standard for Terminal
Instrument Procedures."
It's also a misuse. TERPS applies to the design. Flying them
periodically is just called "Flight
Inspection." The FAA hasn't used a DC-3 for this in quite some time
(they were retired in the
mid-eighties). One, N34, has been restored for publicity purposes.

N34 was at OSH. Pretty plane done up in its 50's paint scheme.

Today, they use Challenger 601, Lear 60, Hawker BAe-125, and Beechcraft
BE-300 aircraft according to the Flight Inspection web page:

http://avn.faa.gov/index.asp?xml=fioo/index

Interesting site. Look under flight Inspection | Online Information and you
can look up the actual datasheets.

Gerry