7 th September 2007 Novotel Tainui - Hamilton
Geoff Connor Manager Aircraft Certification
3 Staff Recent Unit Activities International Agreements Conferences and Seminars Attended Professional Development Design Delegation Seminar – Agenda 2007 DDH Seminar – ACU Update 7 th Sept 2007
4 Currently ten full-time staff Recent changes: Chris Thomson started Feb 06 Julia Reed started March 07 Zahid Munawar finished June 07 Dave Rush finished May 07 Beth Coughlan started July 07 7 th Sept DDH Seminar – ACU Update
5 Re-certification and monitoring: Part 146 Design Organisation and DDH Part 148 Manufacturing Organisation Certificates. Initial Issue - The Vintage Aviator, Paragon Airspaces Ltd. STC/modification review and approvals Issue Airworthiness Directives / AMOC approvals Technical analysis and support for Safety Investigation Unit Agricultural Aircraft Safety Review (General Aviation Group Project) 2007 DDH Seminar – ACU Update 7 th Sept 2007
6 ICAO Audit March findings relating to ACU areas of responsibility Noise document, operational equipment, documentation of procedures. Time in Service Recorder TSOA. Alpha R2000 Series Type Certification Alpha models 160A, 160Ai, 120T Review of existing and new compliance data First-of-type conformity inspections Flight test audit 7 th Sept DDH Seminar – ACU Update
7 EASA certification of the PAC 750XL PAC 750XL IFR Certification (CAA and FAA) Air NZ 747 Main deck premium economy expansion. Type Certification of Micro Aviation B22J Bantam micro-light DDH Seminar – ACU Update 7 th Sept 2007
8 Queenstown RNP project Wellington Airport runway strip width risk assessment project Fletcher 2000 Supplemental Type Certification project 2007 DDH Seminar – ACU Update 7 th Sept 2007
9 Ferry fuel system approvals and authorisations: SAAB 340A, Cessna 421C, EC130, AS350, BK117 Aircraft acceptance inspections: B777, DHC-8-300Q, B C Export Airworthiness inspections: JC B737, Air Nelson SAAB 340, Origin J41 7 th Sept DDH Seminar – ACU Update Type Acceptance: Gulfstream 200, Agusta A119/AW139 Champion 8KCAB Pratt & Whitney PW305/PW306
10 Work completed on revised FAA Bilateral IPA: Signed at 2006 Annual US/Europe International Aviation Safety Conf. Development of EASA Working Arrangement and Implementation Procedure for Airworthiness. Aircraft Certification Unit - Update 7 th Sept 2007
11 Boeing 787 Certification Conferences FAA Small Airplane Directorate Aging General Aviation Public Meeting, Kansas City RTCA Special Committee 212 in Washington DC regarding Helicopter Terrain Awareness and Warning Systems (TAWS) ICAO Regional Workshop on Noise Certification, Bangkok ICAO Conference on RNAV and RNP Standards, Beijing 7 th Sept DDH Seminar – ACU Update
12 Royal Aeronautical Society Symposium – Auckland, March 07 CASA – “Certification and Manufacturing Familiarisation” workshop – Melbourne, March 07 FAA/Asia/Pacific Bilateral Meeting - Kuala Lumpur, March 07 ICAO Colloquium on Aviation Emissions – Montreal, May 07 US/Europe International Aviation Safety Conference – Prague, June 07 Attendance at regular meetings of the New Zealand Transport Strategy (public health and environmental sustainability) 7 th Sept DDH Seminar – ACU Update
13 National Test Pilot School, Mojave - Flight Test Engineers Course Advanced Technology Training: Fundamentals of Damage Tolerance Analysis Helicopter Aerodynamics Course Rotorcraft Structural Dynamics and Aeroelasticity University of Kansas Continuing Education – Aerospace Short Courses: FAA Functions and Requirements Leading to Airworthiness Certification Aircraft Structural Loads: Analysis, Testing and Certification Reliability and 1309 Design Analysis for Aircraft Systems Understanding and Controlling Corrosion of Aircraft Structures 2007 DDH Seminar – ACU Update 7 th Sept 2007
CAR Part 21 changes, ACU Policy Peter Gill - CAA 1030Break 1100“In the Interests of Aviation Safety”Angela Beazer - CAA Legal 1130Flight testing mods, FAR Subpart BTony Morris – CAA Test Pilot 1200Flight Test Engineers Course, NTPSDavid Gill - CAA 1230Lunch 1330Certification - Why do we make it so hard Gretchen Jahn - CEO Alpha 1400Foreign design approvalsRichard Leaper - ANZES 1430 General Aviation in New Zealand Jon Kerr - Flight Structures 1500Break 1530 Aircraft Certification and Delegation Update Dinh Nguyen - CASA 1600Forum 1700CloseTim Allen - GMA 2007 DDH Seminar – ACU Update 7 th Sept 2007