Avionics News May 2013 - 10

Kevin Bruce
Named AEA Canada
Regulatory Consultant

Kevin Bruce, director of airworthiration projects to keep the history alive
ness and quality for Diamond Aircraft,
and active for future generations.
has been appointed as the new Aircraft
Bruce also has experience teachElectronics Association regulatory
ing. He has been an instructor on
consultant for Canada. At Diamond
the Transport Canada Aircraft
Aircraft, Bruce is currently responCertification Specialty Course, and he
sible for regulatory matters concernpresents regular lectures on design
ing Diamond’s operations
requirements and regulaas well as all airworthiness
tory compliance at Ryerson
and quality functions.
University. He also provides
He replaces John Carr,
lectures on choosing careers
who retired as the AEA
and engineering at elemenCanada regulatory contary and high schools.
sultant following this
During the past year,
year’s AEA International
Bruce has been a princiConvention & Trade Show.
ple member of the Federal
Kevin Bruce
Bruce joined Diamond
Aviation Administration
Aircraft after working at Transport
Part 23 ARC working group that has
Canada Civil Aviation for 10 years
the mandate to radically change the
with the Aircraft Certification group.
design regulations for general aviaHe participated in various supplemention aircraft. The changes planned are
tal type certificate and type certificate
intended to help promote and boost
programs, along with a number of
the industry. Out of this process, reguguidance material development prolatory authorities around the world
grams, and was a principle participant
have agreed in principle to move the
in the development of the PDA regulabulk of the technical requirements to
tions and the CAR 521 draft that was
an ASTM standard while leaving the
presented to CARAC.
safety objectives in the regulations.
While at Transport Canada, Bruce
Bruce is now a subcommittee chair
gained considerable experience with
for the ASTM F44 Committee dealthe other sections of Civil Aviation
ing with new airworthiness design
and the associated regulations. In parstandards.
ticular, he worked closely with the
Bruce has more than 18 years of
Maintenance and Manufacturing
aeronautical engineering experience,
group and was involved in various
and he received his bachelor’s degree
audits and company operation approvin aeronautical engineering from
als. This included working with variRyerson Polytechnical University in
ous Warbird groups to help with restoToronto, Ontario. q

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2013 AEA
Regional
Meetings
Announced
The Aircraft Electronics
Association recently
announced the dates and
locations for each of its
Regional Meetings in 2013.
Visit the AEA website for
more details on each event,
including continuous updates
on training schedules,
exhibitors, hotel reservations
and registration information.

Latin America Regional Meeting
Aug. 12-13, 2013
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Canada Regional Meeting
Aug. 27-28, 2013
Ottawa, Ontario
South Pacific Regional Meeting
Sept. 11-12, 2013
Brisbane, Australia
U.S. East Regional Meeting
Sept. 25-27, 2013
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
U.S. Central Regional Meeting
Nov. 6-8, 2013
Kansas City, Mo. q

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