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Presented to: By: Date: Federal Aviation Administration Unmanned Aircraft Systems “The Basics” ASPRS Conference San Diego, CA Cherlynn Jones, Air Traffic Control Specialist, FAA April 28, 2010
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Unmanned Aircraft Systems “The Basics”. ASPRS Conference San Diego, CA. Cherlynn Jones, Air Traffic Control Specialist, FAA. April 28, 2010. What is an UAS. Unmanned Aircraft: A device used or intended to be used for flight in the air that has no onboard pilot System Includes: - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Federal AviationAdministration
Unmanned Aircraft Systems
“The Basics”
ASPRS Conference
San Diego, CA
Cherlynn Jones, Air Traffic Control Specialist, FAA
April 28, 2010
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What is an UAS
• Unmanned Aircraft: A device used or intended to be used for flight in the air that has no onboard pilot
• System Includes:– Unmanned Aircraft (UA)– Aircraft Control Station– Command & Control Link/s
• Model Remote Control (hobby only)
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Who’s Flying UAS
Public Use Aircraft • Department of Agriculture
• Department of Commerce
• Department of Defense
• Department of Energy
• Department of Homeland Security
• Department of Interior
• Department of Justice
• NASA
• NOAA
• State Universities
• State Law Enforcement
Civil Aircraft – Special Airworthiness Certificates – Experimental
• AAI Corporation• General Atomics
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What are they doing?
• Operational Military Missions• Research: scientific and academic• Sensor Development and Testing• Border Patrol• Firefighting• Disaster Relief• Law Enforcement• Search and Rescue• Note: no commercial operations authorized
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How: Authorization to Fly
• Certificate of Waiver or Authorization (COA)– Public Entities (government)– Public Agency determines air worthiness– Year long flight plan
• Special Airworthiness Certificate– Non-public– FAA issues air worthiness certificate
• Hobby RC: FAA AC 91-57, June 1981• Special Use Airspace
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Populated Areas - UAS Not Authorized
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See and Avoid
• 14 CFR 91.113, Right-of-Way Rules• Unless specifically authorized, UAS operations
shall require visual observers, either airborne or ground based
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