
[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 184 (Friday, September 21, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58607-58608]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-23360]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Office of Commercial Space Transportation Safety Approval 
Performance Criteria

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notification of criteria used to evaluate the National 
Aerospace Training and Research (NASTAR) Center safety approval 
application.

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SUMMARY: The FAA issued NASTAR a safety approval, subject to the 
provisions of Title 51 U.S.C. Subtitle V, ch. 509, and the orders, 
rules and regulations issued under it. Pursuant to Title 14 Code of 
Federal Regulations (14 CFR) 414.35, this Notice publishes the criteria 
that were used to evaluate the safety approval application.

Background

    NASTAR applied for, and received, a safety approval for the ability 
of its Falcon 12/4 Altitude Chamber to replicate pressures experienced 
at altitude levels. The performance criteria for this safety approval 
are applicant developed per 14 CFR 414.19(a)(4). NASTAR's Falcon 12/4 
Altitude Chamber is capable of replicating any pressure experienced at 
altitudes from zero (0) feet up to 100,000 feet. This includes rapid 
decompression up to equalization altitudes of 30,800 feet.

Criteria Used To Evaluate Safety Approval Application

    The Falcon 12/4 Altitude Chamber was evaluated by the FAA as a 
component of a flight crew qualification and training process. The 
evaluation included the FAA's assessment of the Falcon 12/4 Altitude 
Chamber's ability to accurately replicate the specified pressure 
levels.
    NASTAR submitted the following data to show that the Falcon 12/4

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Altitude Chamber complies with the criteria:

--Acceptance Test Plan,
--Pressure profile demonstrations, and
--Altimeter and pressure gauge test results.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions about the performance 
criteria, you may contact Randal Maday, Licensing and Evaluation 
Division (AST-200), FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation 
(AST), 800 Independence Avenue SW., Room 331, Washington, DC 20591, 
telephone (202) 267-8652; Email randal.maday@faa.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on September 17, 2012.
George C. Nield,
Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation.
[FR Doc. 2012-23360 Filed 9-20-12; 8:45 am]
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