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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