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James P Duffy - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • a uk civil Aviation Authority caa approved operations manual for safe deployment of lightweight drones in research
    International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2017
    Co-Authors: Andrew M Cunliffe, Karen Anderson, Leon Debell, James P Duffy
    Abstract:

    The academic literature of late is rich with examples of lightweight drones being used to capture data to support scientific research. Drone science is a blossoming field, but alongside a long-standing public concern about drone safety, the research community and our collaborators are increasingly calling for a ‘code of best practice’ for researchers who fly drones no matter how small. Researchers who have long enjoyed the freedom of operating separately from ‘hobbyist’ and ‘commercial’ operators are now finding that their institutions and collaborators are demanding evidence of operational competence. In the UK, such competence can be formally accredited by obtaining a UK Civil Aviation Authority CAA ‘permission for aerial work’ PfAW. Part of this process requires that the operators produce an ‘operations manual’ OM – a lengthy document explaining protocols for safe drone deployment, alongside maintenance and flight records. This article provides the frontispiece to an OM produced as part of a successful PfAW accreditation process. We share our OM, which is available as supplemental material to this article, in the spirit of research as a collaborative endeavour, with the aim that it will assist others facing the same stringent checks as ourselves, whilst also serving as a guide to safe flying that can be adapted and adopted by others.

  • A UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)-approved operations manual for safe deployment of lightweight drones in research
    International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2017
    Co-Authors: Andrew M Cunliffe, Karen Anderson, Leon Debell, James P Duffy
    Abstract:

    This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from the publisher via the DOI in this record.The academic literature of late is rich with examples of lightweight drones being used to capture data to support scientific research. Drone science is a blossoming field, but alongside a long-standing public concern about drone safety, the research community and our collaborators are increasingly calling for a ‘code of best practice’ for researchers who fly drones (no matter how small). Researchers who have long enjoyed the freedom of operating separately from ‘hobbyist’ and ‘commercial’ operators are now finding that their institutions and collaborators are demanding evidence of operational competence. In the UK, such competence can be formally accredited by obtaining a UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) ‘permission for aerial work’ (PfAW). Part of this process requires that the operators produce an ‘operations manual’ (OM) – a lengthy document explaining protocols for safe drone deployment, alongside maintenance and flight records. This article provides the frontispiece to an OM produced as part of a successful PfAW accreditation process. We share our OM, which is available as supplemental material to this article, in the spirit of research as a collaborative endeavour, with the aim that it will assist others facing the same stringent checks as ourselves, whilst also serving as a guide to safe flying that can be adapted and adopted by othersThis research was supported by a NERC PhD studentship (NE/K500902/1) awarded to AMC

Bart J Crotty - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Jason F. Ralph - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • SMC - Doing the Right Thing: Collision Avoidance for Autonomous Air Vehicles
    2013 IEEE International Conference on Systems Man and Cybernetics, 2013
    Co-Authors: Chinmay Mishra, Mitul M. Mehta, Elias J. Griffith, Jason F. Ralph
    Abstract:

    Collision Avoidance is a critical requirement in Aviation safety. Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs) are required to adhere to Rules of the Air, outlined in the UK by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), and to be able to resolve any potential collision situations. This work investigates rules governing two common situations; converging traffic, and head-on approach. This paper considers the implementation of a generic flight planner using simulated UAS models. Upon detection of a potential collision, an appropriate collision avoidance maneuver is calculated and executed, with the aircraft reverting to their desired path afterwards.

Sally Evans - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Letter from Aviation neurology
    Practical Neurology, 2019
    Co-Authors: Sally Evans
    Abstract:

    Aviation and space medicine is the UK’s newest medical specialty, recognised by the General Medical Council in 2016.1 However, Aviation medicine has existed for 100 years, since the Wright brothers first demonstrated that it was possible for humans to fly and, importantly, to control aircraft (figure 1). Space medicine is its more recent cousin, and now forms part of our mainstream work, as space tourism looks set to become a reality in the next couple of years.2 Figure 1 The Wright flyer, 1903. The UK Civil Aviation Authority, based at Gatwick Airport, London, is the overall regulator of UK civil Aviation. Our medical department comprises only 3% of our staff, and includes a team of ten doctors. Several specialist consultant advisors help with medical reports, and some of these hold clinics in our building at Gatwick. The Civil Aviation Authority (figure 2) exists to protect consumers; for example, through the Air Travel Organisers’ Licensing certificate (figure 3), which ensures that tourists can return home if their travel company ceases trading while on a package holiday. Figure 2 Civil Aviation Authority logo. Figure 3 Air Travel Organisers’ Licensing logo. Unusually for a regulator, we are funded by the industry we serve, rather than by the government through taxation. Thus, the practice of Aviation medicine, along with our other activities, has to be cost-conscious and efficient, as our stakeholders expect us to justify how we spend our money. We are entirely independent of the UK National Health Service (NHS), although we do rely heavily on reports supplied to us from both NHS and private practitioners via our Aviation licence holders, which permit us to undertake meaningful medical assessments of aircrew. The core of our work is assessing whether pilots are fit to …

Andrew M Cunliffe - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • a uk civil Aviation Authority caa approved operations manual for safe deployment of lightweight drones in research
    International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2017
    Co-Authors: Andrew M Cunliffe, Karen Anderson, Leon Debell, James P Duffy
    Abstract:

    The academic literature of late is rich with examples of lightweight drones being used to capture data to support scientific research. Drone science is a blossoming field, but alongside a long-standing public concern about drone safety, the research community and our collaborators are increasingly calling for a ‘code of best practice’ for researchers who fly drones no matter how small. Researchers who have long enjoyed the freedom of operating separately from ‘hobbyist’ and ‘commercial’ operators are now finding that their institutions and collaborators are demanding evidence of operational competence. In the UK, such competence can be formally accredited by obtaining a UK Civil Aviation Authority CAA ‘permission for aerial work’ PfAW. Part of this process requires that the operators produce an ‘operations manual’ OM – a lengthy document explaining protocols for safe drone deployment, alongside maintenance and flight records. This article provides the frontispiece to an OM produced as part of a successful PfAW accreditation process. We share our OM, which is available as supplemental material to this article, in the spirit of research as a collaborative endeavour, with the aim that it will assist others facing the same stringent checks as ourselves, whilst also serving as a guide to safe flying that can be adapted and adopted by others.

  • A UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)-approved operations manual for safe deployment of lightweight drones in research
    International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2017
    Co-Authors: Andrew M Cunliffe, Karen Anderson, Leon Debell, James P Duffy
    Abstract:

    This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from the publisher via the DOI in this record.The academic literature of late is rich with examples of lightweight drones being used to capture data to support scientific research. Drone science is a blossoming field, but alongside a long-standing public concern about drone safety, the research community and our collaborators are increasingly calling for a ‘code of best practice’ for researchers who fly drones (no matter how small). Researchers who have long enjoyed the freedom of operating separately from ‘hobbyist’ and ‘commercial’ operators are now finding that their institutions and collaborators are demanding evidence of operational competence. In the UK, such competence can be formally accredited by obtaining a UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) ‘permission for aerial work’ (PfAW). Part of this process requires that the operators produce an ‘operations manual’ (OM) – a lengthy document explaining protocols for safe drone deployment, alongside maintenance and flight records. This article provides the frontispiece to an OM produced as part of a successful PfAW accreditation process. We share our OM, which is available as supplemental material to this article, in the spirit of research as a collaborative endeavour, with the aim that it will assist others facing the same stringent checks as ourselves, whilst also serving as a guide to safe flying that can be adapted and adopted by othersThis research was supported by a NERC PhD studentship (NE/K500902/1) awarded to AMC

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