AUSTRIA Aviation: Flight Inspection Services Memorandum of agreement signed at Washington and Vienna Entered into force June 22, 1978; . 10, 22, MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION AND THE AUSTRIAN BUNDESAMT FUER ZIVILLUFTFAHRT WHEREAS, the Federal Aviation Administration, United States of America, hereinafter referred to as the FAA, is in a position to furnish directly services which the Austrian Bundesamt fuer Zivilluftfahrt, hereinafter referred to as the BAZ, has requested from the FAA on a reimbursable basis, and, WHEREAS, Section 305 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1346) and Section 5 of the International Aviation Facilities Act (49 U.S.c. 1154) authorizes the FAA to provide services to foreign governments. NOW, THEREFORE, the FAA and the BAZ mutually agree as follows: The FAA shall provide Site Test, Commissioning and/or Periodic Flight Checks of BAZ Air Navigation Aids at such locations and times as requested by the BAZ in writing and as mutually agreed upon, under the following conditions: A. Ground equipment shall be in condition suitable for flight inspection on the scheduled dates. A minimum of ten days advance notice to FAA is required for change in the date of a scheduled flight. B. The flight inspection procedures used shall conform to the U.S. Standard Flight Inspection Manual and/or in accordance with ICAO Annex 10 for evaluation of air Navigation Aid Facilities. C. Within 30 days following the completion of the flight inspections, PAA will provide a written report to the BAZ specifying the results of the flight inspection together with appropriate recordings. In addition, the results of the flight inspection will be orally reported immediately after completion of the flight inspection. D. An officer or engineer designated by the BAZ may accompany the aircraft during any or all phases of the flight inspection mission. additional charge will be made for his carriage. Since no insurance can No be provided, he must sign a waiver of liability of the U.S. Government prior to any participation in any flights. E. The FAA will be provided in advance with a carnet, laissez-passer, or invitation from the BAZ, which will serve the following purposes: In the 1. Constitute a waiver of airport or other user charges. event a waiver of such charges is not possible, the costs incurred will be added to total charge for flight inspection performance. 2. Obviate the posting of bonds, technical equipment declarations, inventories and customs, and other entrance formalities. F. The FAA may, upon written request, furnish site evaluation ground electronic equipment and/or an electronic engineer to assist in preliminary and final conduct of ground activities directly related to establishment or evaluation of air navigation aids. G. The BAZ will provide the following: 1. All clearances for aircraft and crew as may be required for performance of flight inspection services under this Agreement. 2. A responsible electronic engineer present at the facility during all flight checking operations. An interpreter will be provided if necessary. 3. Detailed charts of the areas to be covered during flight check. Charts to scale of 1:50,000 should be provided for the immediate area, and to a scale of 1:250,000 and 1:500,000 to a radius of approximately 50 nautical miles. 4. Provision of a permanent marker aligned with Magnetic North within approximately 50 meters from the facility antenna where applicable. This marker will be used by the theodolite operator during flight check. 5. Exact coordinates of all facilities to be checked, including associated facilities such as compass locators, markers, etc. 6. Address all requests for services under this Agreement to: Federal Aviation Administration 6000 Frankfurt am Main 1 West Germany ARTICLE II - Estimated Costs and Method of Payment A. The BAZ will reimburse the FAA for flight inspection services provided under this Agreement at the current hourly rate per aircraft |