[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 121 (Tuesday, June 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 34108]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16531]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Rotorcraft Emergency Float Systems Advisory Material; Technical 
Workshop

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of technical workshop.

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SUMMARY: The FAA is conducting a technical workshop open to the public 
to discuss advisory material on Rotorcraft Emergency Float Systems 
which will be included in advisory circulars (ACs) 27-1, Certification 
of Normal Category Rotorcraft, and 29-2A Certification of Transport 
Category Rotorcraft. This material will be published in summer 1998 as 
an appendix to ACs 27-1 and 29-2A.

DATES: The workshop will be held from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CDT on July 
15-16, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held at the FAA Southwest Regional 
Office, 2601 Meacham Boulevard, Don P. Watson Conference Room, 4th 
Floor, Room 448, Fort Worth, Texas 76137.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sharon Miles, Rotorcraft Standards Staff, FAA, Rotorcraft Directorate, 
Fort Worth, Texas 76193-0110, telephone (817) 222-5122 or fax (817) 
222-5961.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The workshop will discuss an appendix to ACs 
27-1 and 29-2A pertaining to emergency flotation systems used on 
rotorcraft not specifically certificated for ditching but used for 
operations over-water. FAA representatives will give presentations on 
operational rules, ditching versus emergency flotation systems, and 
potential research and development programs relative to rotorcraft 
flotation systems. In addition, there will be presentations by float 
manufacturers, rotorcraft manufacturers, and operators of rotorcraft 
with floats.

Workshop Procedures

    The workshop is being chaired by the Rotorcraft Directorate. 
Participants will also include FAA representatives from Flight 
Standards and representatives from industry.
    The following procedures will be used to conduct the workshop:
    1. Registration will be accepted until July 3, 1997. There will be 
no registration fee. Registration may be accomplished by contacting the 
person listed under the caption FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
    2. Statements by the FAA will be made to facilitate discussion and 
should not be taken as expressing a final FAA position.
    3. The FAA will consider all material presented at the workshop by 
participants.

    Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on June 10, 1997.
Eric Bries,
Acting Manager, Rotorcraft Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service.
[FR Doc. 97-16531 Filed 6-23-97; 8:45 am]
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