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NAVY NAVAIR 13034.1C Document Information:
Title
(AIR-4.0P) FLIGHT CLEARANCE POLICY FOR AIR VEHICLES AND AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS (CANCELLING NAVAIR 13034.2)
Naval Air Systems Command
Publication Date:
Sep 28, 2004
Scope:
This instruction applies to all manned and unmanned air
vehicles and aircraft systems owned or leased by the Navy or United States
Marine Corps (USMC), including pre-accepted aircraft and public use aircraft
modified by/for the Navy. This includes, but is not limited to all systems
in-service and under development. Agencies covered by this instruction include
but are not limited to NAVAIR, Deputy Commander for Acquisition and Operations
(AIR-1.0); the aviation Program Executive Offices (PEO) for Air Anti-Submarine
Warfare, Assault and Special Mission Programs (PEO(A)); the PEO for Tactical
Aircraft Programs (PEO(T)); and the PEO for Strike Weapons and Unmanned
Aviation (PEO(W)). It also applies to all Assistant Secretary of the Navy for
Research, Development and Acquisition-designated aviation acquisition programs
being developed or acquired for U.S. Navy and/or U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) use,
and to Fleet units that own, operate, or manage Navy or USMC aircraft systems.
A flight clearance will be issued only for an aircraft system owned or leased
by the Navy or USMC. Only by exception will a flight clearance be issued for a
non-Navy/USMC aircraft system. Examples of exceptions are listed in Paragraph
5e of this instruction.
a. Chapter VII of reference (a) stipulates that, "aircraft
shall not be operated in a nonstandard configuration or outside the limits of
Naval Air Training and Operating Procedures Standardization (NATOPS) without
airworthiness approval in the form of a flight clearance document from
NAVAIR." Paragraph 2.2.2.d(3) of reference (a) further states that,
"Commander, Naval Air Systems Command (COMNAVAIRSYSCOM) has cognizance over
all aircraft equipment limitations and configurations."
b. This instruction applies to:
(1) the issuance of flight clearances and flight-operating
limitations for manned air vehicle operation, stores and store suspension
equipment employment, and Aviation Life Support Systems (ALSS) utilization,
whenever the aircraft system configuration, flight envelope, or operation is
nonstandard;
(2) the issuance of flight clearances and flight-operating
limitations for unmanned aircraft systems including both their airborne and
surface based components, which includes but is not limited to aerial targets
and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)/Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), whenever
the aircraft system configuration, flight envelope, or operation is
nonstandard;
(3) new and/or modified aircraft system configurations owned or
leased by the Navy, including hardware, firmware, and software changes, and
expansion of flight envelopes;
(4) developmental testing, operational testing, Follow-on
Operational Test and Evaluation (FOT&E), and Fleet introduction, pending
promulgation of the permanent flight clearance in the NATOPS flight manual and
the Naval Aviation Technical Information Product (NATIP), if appropriate, via
the processed defined in references (a) and (b) respectively; and
(5) Fleet operations following modification or envelope
expansion, pending issuance of an approved/published NAVAIR formal Technical
Directive (TD) or equivalent per reference (c), or change to the aircraft
system's permanent flight clearance documents, the NATOPS and the legacy
Tactical Manual (TACMAN)/NATIP.
To establish policy, responsibilities, and procedures for the
process within the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) for granting flight
clearances for air vehicles and aircraft systems.
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