Is the weight and balance calculator approved by the FAA?
When American Aeronautics went into business in 1981, the FAA in Washington at the Office of Flight Standards was approached for approval of our system. After a little discussion it was determined that our vector template (nomograph) system fell into the same category as electronic computers, hand held calculators, E-6B flight computers, and Jeppesen navigation plotters. They are simply calculators, and have never been issued an STC or needed to be approved by the FAA.
