Download - 7 th September 2007 Novotel Tainui - Hamilton. Geoff Connor Manager Aircraft Certification
7th September 2007Novotel Tainui - Hamilton
Geoff ConnorManager Aircraft Certification
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Staff
Recent Unit Activities
International Agreements
Conferences and Seminars Attended
Professional DevelopmentDesign Delegation Seminar – Agenda
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Currently ten full-time staffRecent 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
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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)
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ICAO Audit March 2006 5 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
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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.
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Queenstown RNP project
Wellington Airport runway strip width risk assessment project
Fletcher 2000 Supplemental Type Certification project
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Ferry fuel system approvals and authorisations: SAAB 340A, Cessna 421C, EC130, AS350, BK117
Aircraft acceptance inspections: B777, DHC-8-300Q, B737-300C
Export Airworthiness inspections: JC B737, Air Nelson SAAB 340,
Origin J41
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Type Acceptance: Gulfstream 200, Agusta
A119/AW139 Champion 8KCAB Pratt & Whitney PW305/PW306
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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.
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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
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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)
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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
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1000 CAR Part 21 changes, ACU Policy Peter Gill - CAA
1030 Break
1100 “In the Interests of Aviation Safety” Angela Beazer - CAA Legal
1130 Flight testing mods, FAR Subpart B Tony Morris – CAA Test Pilot
1200 Flight Test Engineers Course, NTPS David Gill - CAA
1230 Lunch
1330 Certification - Why do we make it so hard Gretchen Jahn - CEO Alpha
1400 Foreign design approvals Richard Leaper - ANZES
1430 General Aviation in New Zealand Jon Kerr - Flight Structures
1500 Break
1530 Aircraft Certification and Delegation Update Dinh Nguyen - CASA
1600 Forum
1700 Close Tim Allen - GMA
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