FAA Part 21 Certification Procedures for Products and Parts C1701

Ms. Barbara Capron is the owner and president of Aviation Regulatory Compliance Specialists, LLC, which specializes in assisting aviation design and manufacturing applicants and holders with compliance to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations. Prior to opening her own business, Ms. Capron was a Senior Aviation Safety Inspector (Mfg.) with the Federal Aviation Administration for twenty-two years.

Ms. Capron joined the FAA in 1996 as an Aviation Safety Inspector in Van Nuys, CA., where she served as a Principal Inspector for thirty-two companies and twenty-one designees. In 1998 she transferred to the Production and Airworthiness Division (AIR-200) in Washington, DC where she developed aviation policy and regulatory language until 2010. In 2010, Ms. Capron transferred to the FAA’s Academy in Oklahoma City to become the course manager for Part 21, Certification Procedures for Products and Articles, as well as teaching in several other FAA courses. In 2014, Ms. Capron returned to Washington, DC, where she continued to work on rulemaking until her retirement in 2018.

Ms. Capron holds a Masters of Aeronautical Science from Embry-Riddle University, with dual specializations in Human Factors and Safety Systems. Ms. Capron also holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Southern Illinois University in Aviation Management, as well as an Airframe and Powerplant license. In addition, Ms. Capron has numerous certificates of training, including ISO and Quality System Auditing. Ms. Capron currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Jennifer Kuehn is currently an instructor for SAE. She has been teaching Aircraft Certification Basics since May 2020. Jennifer retired from the FAA in April 2020 after 33 years of service. From December 1999 to her retirement, Jennifer was a project manager responsible for managing Type Certificate projects including the Bell Model 525 project as well as a variety of Supplemental Type Certificate projects. She also led Delegated Organization Inspection Program inspections and provided on the job training to the other members of her office. In July 2014, Jennifer was selected for the AVS Leadership Award for a non-manager. Her actions and accomplishments helped the FAA’s meet its commitments, build a stronger FAA oversight team, and improve the capabilities of BHTI’s Organization Designation Authorization (ODA).

From May 2019 to February 2020 Jennifer was an adjunct instructor at the FAA Academy. She volunteered several times a year to teach Certification Procedures for Products and Articles (14 CFR Part 21) to personnel from Aircraft Certification Service, Flight Standards, and industry.

Fred Stellar served as Director of Certification and FAA\'s Organization Designation Authorization (ODA) lead administrator to issue Airbus Helicopters Inc. (AHI) Supplement Type Certificates (STCs). Prior to joining AHI, Fred was the lead administrator for Bell Helicopter's ODA and manager of the civil certification group. He served to oversee development and certification of TC's and STC's. While a manager in the Federal Aviation Administration Stellar served in the aircraft certification office responsible for oversight and certification of Part 25 airplane modifications in Fort Worth, Texas. Fred also served 4 years managing the FAA International Policy Office in Brussels, Belgium where he worked closely with the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Stellar served as a Research Assistant Professor of Aviation Systems with the University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTSI) where he taught a broad spectrum of graduate applied engineering courses focused on the aircraft certification processes as well as managing UTSI flight operations and maintenance activities for the University\'s research aircraft. Before his civil aviation experience, Stellar was a 22-year veteran of the Army where his aviation assignments included experimental test pilot and assistant professor in the engineering department at West Point. Stellar earned a Bachelor of Science from the United States Military Academy, West Point, NY. He is a graduate of the US Navy Test Pilot School. He also earned a Master of Science Degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is a graduate of the Program Manager course at the Defense Systems Management College. He holds a FAA commercial pilot license with helicopter, single/multi-engine airplane, and instrument ratings. He has more than 3200 accident-free flying hours in over 65 different aircraft.