Services
Over 55 Pound Exemptions
Operators who fly over 55-lb drones must receive an FAA exemption under Title 49 U.S.C. §44807. Airspace Consulting has obtained dozens of these exemptions for clients operating the Alta X, FlyCart, and various custom-made drones.
Our technical writers help each client prepare and submit all the supporting documents required in petitions, including flight manuals, operations manuals, operational risk assessment, and maintenance manuals.
Special Airworthiness Certificate
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A Special Airworthiness Certificate in the Experimental Category (SAC-EC) is issued to an aircraft that does not have a type certificate or does not conform to its type certificate and is in a condition for safe operation.
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Experimental airworthiness certificates for UAS may be issued for research and development, crew training, exhibition, and market surveys.
Expert Witness
​Gus Calderon, founder of Airspace Consulting, has served as an expert witness on several product liability and personal injury cases in both state and federal court.
Gus has a background in physical sciences and commercial aviation. His unique ability to provide customized customer service to each client is a result of decades of building, testing and flying drones as well as years of experience in FAA type certification.
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Type Certification
Type certification requires FAA approval of the design and all the component parts of a UAS. The design must follow applicable FAA airworthiness standards in order for the FAA to allow more advanced UAS operations such as beyond line of sight and package delivery.
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UAS type certification is crucial to the integration of UAS into the National Airspace System.
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Airspace Consulting has helped applicants with the process of UAS type certification.
Technical Writing
Airspace Consulting has drafted the following documents for over 100 clients:
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Concept of Operations
Flight Operations and Procedures Manual
Unmanned Aircraft Flight Manual
Operational Risk Assessment
Pilot in Command Training Manual
Visual Observer Training Manual
Petition for Exemption
Flight Test Cards
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Gus Calderon, founder of Airspace Consulting, has an academic background in the physical sciences and decades of technical writing experience in multiple disciplines.
He has written operating manuals that meet the certification requirements of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).