As an aviation compliance and conformity consultant, I can answer this. The joke in aviation is that 300 pounds of paper makes and airplane fly. That is a tongue in cheek reference to the massive amount of documentation that is required to keep an airplane legal. That would be for a business jet. A small private single engine would have much less and and airliner would have much more.
As an aviation compliance and conformity consultant, I can answer this. The joke in aviation is that 300 pounds of paper makes and airplane fly. That is a tongue in cheek reference to the massive amount of documentation that is required to keep an airplane legal. That would be for a business jet. A small private single engine would have much less and and airliner would have much more.