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  • SLR2 Part 450 Workshop: Day 3

    SLR2 Part 450 Workshop: Day 3Please click SHOW MORE below to show the entire day’s agenda. Day 3 Workshop Agenda: • 00:00:00 — Opening Remarks • 00:02:02 — Prescribed Hazard for Safety - Critical Hardware and Computing Systems - Continued § 450.143 Safety-Critical System Design, Test, and Documentation • 00:08:39 — § 450.145 Highly-Reliable Flight Safety System • 00:14:34 — Q&A • 00:26:42 — Other Prescribed Hazard Controls • 00:26.56 — § 450.147 Agreements • 00:29:24 — § 450.149 Safety-Critical Personnel Qualifications • 00:30:46 — § 450.151 Work Shift and Rest Requirements • 00:33:15 — § 450.153 Radio Frequency Management. • 00:34:33 — § 450.155 Readiness • 00:36:23 — § 450.157 Communications • 00:39:03 — § 450.159 Pre-flight Procedures • 00:41:04 — § 450.161 Control of Hazard Areas • 00:46.52 — § 450.163 Lightning Hazard Mitigation • 00:52:07 — § 450.165 Flight commit criteria • 00:54:27 — § 450.167 Tracking • 00:56:20 — § 450.177 Unique Policies, Requirements and Practices • 00:57:35 — Q&A • 01:17:23 — COLA, Safety at End of Launch • 01:17:25 — § 450.169 Launch and Reentry Collision Avoidance Analysis Requirements • 01:28:25 — § 450.171 Safety at End of Launch • 01:29:58 — Q&A • 01:37:50 — Mishap and Test Induced Damage • 01:42:54 — § 450.173 Mishap Plan—Reporting, Response, and Investigation Requirements • 01:51:42 — Q&A • 01:56:30 — § 450.175 Test-induced Damage • 2:04:25 — Q&A • 02:11:25 — Ground Safety • 02:11:26 — § 450.179 Ground Safety—General. • 02:16:36 — § 450.181 Coordination with a Site Operator • 02:19:56 — § 450.183 Explosive Site Plan • 02:20:44 — § 450.185 Ground Hazard Analysis • 02:25:03 — Q&A • 02:41:29 — § 450.187 Toxic Hazards Mitigation for Ground Operations • 02:49:52 — § 450.189 Ground Safety Prescribed Hazard Controls • 03:02:53 — Extra Q&A • 03:04:20 — Subpart D - Terms and Conditions of a Vehicle Operator License • 03:04:31 — § 450.201 Public safety responsibility • 03:04:59 — § 450.203 Compliance with license • 03:05:34 — § 450.205 Financial responsibility requirements • 03:06:25 — § 450.207 Human spaceflight requirements • 03:06:49 — § 450.209 Compliance monitoring • 03:08:34 — § 450.211 Continuing accuracy of license application; application for modification of license • 03:11:33 — § 450.213 Pre-flight reporting • 03:15:03 — § 450.215 Post-flight reporting • 03:17:13 — § 450.217 Registration of space objects • 03:19:24 — § 450.219 Records • 03:20:47 — Q&A • 03:35:11 — Part 450 Crosswalk Mapping for Legacy Operators • 04:21:32 — Q&A • 04:37:51 — Closing Remarks : Day 3

    Nov 12, 2020

  • SLR2 Part 450 Workshop: Day 2

    SLR2 Part 450 Workshop: Day 2Please click SHOW MORE below to show the entire day’s agenda. Day 2 Workshop Agenda: • 00:00:00 — Opening Remarks • 00:01:51 — Part 450 Subpart C - Safety Requirements - Continued § 450.108 Flight Abort • 00:28:15 — Q&A • 00:43:44 — § 450.109 Flight Hazard Analysis • 00:49:25 — § 450.110 Physical Containment • 00:51:17 — § 450.111 Wind Weighting • 00:53:42 — Q&A • 00:58:06 — Flight Safety Analysis • 01:25:11 — § 450.113 Flight Safety Analysis Requirements—Scope • 01:28:14 — § 450.115 Flight Safety Analysis Methods. • 01:33:00 — Q&A • 01:45:55 — § 450.117 Trajectory Analysis for Normal Flight • 01:53:35 — § 450.119 Trajectory Analysis for Malfunction Flight. • 01:59:43 — § 450.121 Debris Analysis. • 02:04:28 — § 450.123 Population Exposure Analysis. • 02:09:34 — § 450.131 Probability of Failure Analysis • 02:19:19 — § 450.133 Flight Hazard Area Analysis • 02:26:19 — Q&A • 02:42:37 — § 450.135 Debris Risk Analysis • 02:58:49 — § 450.137 Far-field Overpressure Blast Effects Analysis • 03:09:47 — § 450.139 Toxic Hazards for Flight • 03:18:44 — Q&A • 03:25:17 — Prescribed Hazard for Safety - Critical Hardware and Computing Systems • 03:25:52 — § 450.141 Computing Systems • 03:44:28 — Q&A • 03:53:54 — Closing Remarks : Day 2

    Nov 13, 2020

  • SLR2 Part 450 Workshop: Day 1

    SLR2 Part 450 Workshop: Day 1Please click SHOW MORE below to show the entire day’s agenda. Day 1 Workshop Agenda: • 00:00:00 — Opening Remarks • 00:04:55 — Part 450 Overview • 00:15:06 — Pre-Application Consultation • 00:57.35 — Sample Application Letter Template • 01:03:03 — Application Compliance Checklist • 01:09:42 — Sample Compliance Document List • 01:18:07 — Pre-Application Consultation Checklist • 01:27:46 — Means of Compliance Table • 01:28:54 — Q&A • 01:43:29 — Subpart A - General Information • 01:43:34 — § 450.1 Applicability • 01:48:02 — § 450.3 Scope of a vehicle operator license • 01:55:14 — § 450.5 Issuance of a vehicle operator license • 01:56:26 — § 450.7 Duration of a vehicle operator license • 01:57:32 — § 450.9 Additional license terms and conditions • 01:58:11 — § 450.11 Transfer of a vehicle operator license • 02:00.51 — § 450.13 Rights not conferred by a vehicle operator license • 02:01:51 — Q&A • 02:14:13 — Subpart B - Requirements to Obtain a Vehicle Operator License • 02:14:35 — § 450.31 General. • 02:18:38 — § 450.33 Incremental review and determinations • 02:29:46 — § 450.35 Means of Compliance (MOC) and Accepted MOC • 02:33:47 — § 450.37 Equivalent level of safety (ELOS) • 02:35:03 — § 450.39 Use of safety element approval • 02:44:06 — § 450.41 Policy review and approval • 02:49:52 — § 450.43 Payload review and determination • 02:59:01 — § 450.45 Safety review and approval • 03:02:18 — § 450.47 Environmental review • 03:03:32 — Q&A • 03:12:07 — Part 450 Subpart C - Safety Requirements • 03:32:01 — § 450.101 Safety Criteria • 04:16:05 — Q&A • 04:28:40 — § 450.103 System Safety Program • 04:36:02 — Q&A • 04:38:40 — § 450.107 Hazard Control Strategies • 04:47:21 — Q&A • 05:09:37 — Closing Remarks: Day 1

    Nov 12, 2020

  • Phase 3–5: Get Your Part 135 Certification

    Phase 3–5: Get Your Part 135 CertificationPhases 3–5 video will take the viewer into the FAA process for complying with all applicable Federal Regulations and conforming to safe operating practices.

    Nov 30, 2020

  • Overview: Get Your Part 135 Certification

    Overview: Get Your Part 135 CertificationAre you a part 91 pilot who wants to fly your aircraft for compensation or hire? This video series will help guide you through the phases to FAA Part 135 certification.

    Nov 30, 2020

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  • This FAA Engineer’s Stay in American Samoa was No Vacation

    This FAA Engineer’s Stay in American Samoa Was No Vacation COVID-19 flight restrictions turned this FAA engineer’s month-long project into a four-month stay. By Richard McCarthy, FAA Office of Technical Operations What happens when a project that’s only supposed to last a month turns into an …

    Dec 7

  • Welcome to the Future: The Next Stage of UAS Traffic Management

    A demo graphic from the UPP. An animated aerial angle that depicts multiple drones flying in the air. Phase two of the UAS Traffic Management Pilot Program (UPP) sets the stage for the future of Remote ID . By Steve Bradford, Chief Scientist — Architecture & NextGen Development Image credit: KAIA Incorporated When we picture the future, we might imagine scenes from our favorite …

    Dec 7

  • Transporting Packages Instead of People

    When COVID-19 cases began to rise and passenger traffic decreased, the FAA’s quick response and collaboration with industry experts helped establish exceptions for airlines to transport cargo on passenger planes. Originally published by the FAA AVS Flyer on October 22, 2020. With many passenger planes seeing …

    Dec 3

  • FAA Overflights Fund Flights to Local Airports

    Jet under the clouds Learn more about the program that recovers the costs of air carrier overflights and passes the fees forward to fund flights to small American communities. By C. Troxell, FAA Office of Communications Hundreds of thousands of international flights overfly the United States every year. While …

    Dec 3

  • Where Aviation Meets Archaeology

    FAA engineers working in the Aleutian Islands uncover a historic archeological site, including the remains of an ancient Alaska Native. The remains of a rancher’s house on Caton Island dating back to the 1970s. Photo: FAA By Jim Tise, FAA Communications The two-week mission was all but …

    Nov 24

  • FAA, Forest Service Fight Record-Breaking Wildfires

    During a record-breaking wildfire season, the FAA collaborated with organizations nationwide to aid fire suppression efforts and keep air traffic moving safely and smoothly. By C. Troxell, FAA Office of Communications Wildfires have burned a record 4-plus million acres in California this year, and several …

    Nov 24

  • Looking Upward with Urban Air Mobility

    UAM over a city Ohio State engineering student and FAA intern Adithya Ramaswami details how new initiatives in drone integration have influenced his career. By Adithya Ramaswami, FAA Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration Office Intern Like many, I have always been fascinated by the power of aerospace and aviation. One defining …

    Nov 20

  • Controlled Flight Into Terrain

    FAASteam. Safer Skies through education. #FlySafe GA Safety Enhancement Topic Technological advances have improved pilot situational awareness and have dramatically reduced the number of general aviation (GA) controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) accidents over the past 20 years. Nevertheless, CFIT accidents continue to occur and at least half of them …

    Nov 18

  • Podcast: Drones for Good

    Podcast Episode 6: Drones for Good Drones can play a functional role in public safety, farming, weather monitoring, and more. Be honest: did you immediately think to yourself, “drones are an annoying nuisance, how could they possibly bring about any good?” If you answered “yes,” the latest episode of the FAA’s podcast is …

    Nov 18

  • I’m not a drone pilot, so why should I care about drones?

    As Drone Week continues, we explore ways that drones may become a bigger part of our lives in the future. By Kenya Williams, FAA Office of Communications When it comes to drones, I might not seem like the most qualified to speak on the subject. I’m …

    Nov 18

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