Doug is a frequent lecturer on legal issues facing the aviation and commercial human spaceflight communities, having spoken for the FAA Aviation Safety Program, the AOPA Air Safety Foundation, numerous EAA groups, the International Space Development Conference, and the California Spaceport Authority.
Lectures for the FAA Aviation Safety Program:
- EAA AirVenture (Oshkosh, WI) July 2007
Click to download presentation - Los Angeles Police Department Air Support Division, June 2007
- FAA Annual Aviation Safety & Maintenance Symposium, Long Beach,
March 2006; and March 2007
Click to download presentation
Other Aviation Lectures:
Upcoming and Most Recent
- AOPA Aviation Summit 2009, Tampa, FL, November 2009
- NBAA Annual Meeting & Convention 2009, Orlando, FL, October 2009
Past
- NBAA Light Business Airplane Exhibition & Conference, San Diego, CA, March 2009
- AOPA Expo 2008, San Jose, CA, November 2008
- LPBA Winter Meeting Miami, Miami, FL, February 2008 Click to download presentation | Click to download paper
- AOPA Air Safety Foundation Seminar, Lancaster, CA: “Regulations: What Every Pilot Should Know” November 2007
- Orange County Pilots Association, May 2007 Click to download presentation
- Long Beach ‘99s’, November 2005
- EAA Chapter 7, Long Beach, CA, July and October 2005
Commercial Human Spaceflight (aka “Space Tourism”):
- International Space Development Conference, Washington D.C., May 2008 and Dallas, TX, May 2007
Click to download presentation - California Space Authority, Los Angeles, CA, Nov 2007 “Transforming
Space”
conference
Click to download presentation - ABA TiPS Aviation & Space Law Committee, Washington, D.C., October 2007
Click to download presentation - SpaceFest
2007, Phoenix, AZ, August 2007
- NewSpace 07 Conference, Washington, D.C., July 2007.
- Aerospace Medical Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, May 2007
Click to download presentation - The Space Show, April 3, 2007
- Space Access Conference, Phoenix, AZ, March 2007
Writing:
- Contributing Author, The Brief (Magazine of the ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section): "Rocketing Private Citizens into Space: A Consideration of Liability", Spring 2009
- Contributing columnist for Cessna Owner and Pipers magazines
Pilots and the Legal Liability Atmosphere View Article
The Law of Charitable Flying View Article - Author, Space News Op-Ed: “The NewSpace Liability Myth: Why Lawyers Won’t Scuttle the Industry,” February 2008 View article
- Featured in article “A Mechanic’s Liability” (Cessna Pilots Association Magazine, AvWeb) by renowned aviation maintenance and safety expert Mike Busch
- LPBA Journal:“The Air Force’s Problematic Adventure”, Winter 02-03 Edition Click to download presentation