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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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Presented to:

By:

Date:

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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Questions