Flight Test Safety Committee

The Flight Test Safety Committee (FTSC) was formed jointly in November 1994 by members of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots (SETP), the Society of Flight Test Engineers (SFTE) and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). These and numerous additional organizations presently comprise the FTSC. The purpose of the FTSC is to initiate and sustain a flight test related safety organization intended to promote flight safety, reduce the risk of mishap, promote risk reduction management and continually improve the profession's communication and coordination.
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2015 Aix-en-Provence

FLIGHT TEST SAFETY WORKSHOP - Aix-en-Provence, France
2 - 5 November 2015


Technical Session 1: Hardware and Program Experience
Session Chairman: Oliver Brieger DLR

Ralph Paul ‐ Head of Flight Test & Dynamics, Solar Impulse Hidden Surprises While Testing a Solar Powered Airplane
 
Moe Girard. Senior Engineering Test Pilot, Bombardier
CSeries Flight Test Program Update

Jerry Whites. The Boeing Company
The E‐6 Program Taught me the Realities of Flight Test

Robbs Hierl. Chief Test Pilot, German Military Flight Test Center
Near Miss on the Black Swan ‐ Wake Penetration Testing on the Eurofighter

Technical Session 2: Sofware and Program Experience
Session Chairman: Etienne de Malleray

Jean‐François Grandjean. TP Airbus Flight Test
A380 Electrical Flight Controls Testing Experience
 
Jim Richmond. Arrow Aircraft Certification Services
The Black Swan Not Found in Swissair 111 Entertainment STC

Gray Morrison. US Navy retired
Automated Systems Interaction

Technical Session 3: Wetware and Managing Safety
Session Chairman: Steve Daniels, ETPS

Ben Luther, T&E Safety Manager, Gulfstream
Risk Matrices ‐ Better Risk Analysis Through a Better Understanding
 
Christophe Schlueter, Safety Manager, Airbus Helicopters Flight Test
HFACS – Mastering the Wetware
 
Terry Lutz, Experimental Test Pilot, TLZ Aerospace Services
Safety Vaccination for a Small Test Program (Update)

Captain Steve Daniels, Test Pilot Tutor, Empire Test Pilots School
How Do We (and How Should We) Teach Flight Test Safety?

Technical Session 4: Wetware and Conclusions
Session Chairman: Dieter Reisinger, Austrian Airlines
 
Knut Lande, Landavia
Black Swans or Causes for Pilot Mistakes ‐ Aircraft Controllability ‐ Cockpit Design ‐ Flight Displays ‐ Basic Pilot Training
 
Rogers Smith, Unmanned Systems
Culture of Safety: Intangibles, The Emperor and My Take Aways


2013 New Orleans

FLIGHT TEST SAFETY WORKSHOP - New Orleans, LA 
23 ~ 25 April 2013


Welcome and Introductions
Moe Girard, Bombardier

SETP Critical Incident Response Committee (CIRC) Update
Doug Benjamin, SETP President
  
 
 
SESSION I
Chairman: Rod Huete, DER

Memorable Moments from 38 Years of Test Piloting for the FAA
James G. Plackis, DER

A History Full of Firsts in Bell Helicopter
Tom Archer, Bell Helicopter
Peter Scheidler, Bell Helicopter

First Flight into Category III Weather
Jim Richmond, FAA

 

SESSION II
Chairman: Peter Donath, Jr., Boeing

Mission X - First Short Takeoff, Level Supersonic Dash and Vertical Landing in a Single Flight
Col. Art "Turbo" Tomassetti, USMC

World's First 100% Biofuel Powered Civil Jet Flight
Tim Leslie, NRC

A Tragic First - Gulfstream G650 Flight Test Accident
Paul Donovan, Gulfstream
Jake Howard, Gulfstream

Next Generation Auto - GCAS
Kevin Prosser, Calspan Corporation

 

SESSION III
Chairman: Tom Archer, Bell Helicopter

Next in the Family: First of Its Kind: AT-1002
Eric Kinney, FAA

Flight Test Safety Assessment "Three Flags" Method
Flight Test Risk Assessment “Three Flags” Method
Maximilian Kleinubing, Embraer

Sonic Boom Awareness in the Supersonic Cockpit
Robert "Buck" Joslin, FAA
Edward Haering, Jr., NASA

 

SESSION IV
Chairman: Eric Kinney, FAA

Flight Test eXpectations for Amateur Built Aircraft
Ronald McElroy, FAA

The First GE F-414 Engine in the Saab Gripen Aircraft
Madeline Schmidt, Saab

Building Your Defenses Against Murphy's Law
Gerald Whites, Boeing
Darren McDonald, Boeing


 


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2012 Austria

6th European Flight Test Safety Workshop

“Loss of Control – How Do We Tackle Aviation’s Number One Killer?”

19-21 November 2012

Crowne Plaza Salzburg – The Pitter

Rainerstrasse 6-8

A 5020 Salzburg, Austria



EUROPEAN FLIGHT TEST SAFETY WORKSHOP - THE FLIGHT TEST PERSPECTIVE
(Maurice Girard, Senior Engineering Test Pilot, Bombardier)

LOC ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS - Some Statistics and Personal Thoughts
(Dr. Dieter Reisinger, Austrian Airlines)

CASE STUDY 1 - GO-AROUND CONFUSION AND ILLUSION
(Capt. Bertrand De Courville, Air France)

CASE STUDY 2 - ROLL UPSET IN CRUISE
(Capt. Hiromitsu Mizutani, All Nippon Airways)

ANGLE OF ATTACK - DO WE NEED AOA-INDICATIONS IN TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT?
(Capt. Arun Karwal, Flight Test Pilot, NLR)

WHAT IF VISION FAILS - How the Human brain manipulates pilots´cues
(Rolf HUHNE, AMST)

BOUNDARY AVOIDANCE TRACKING - How avoiding an accident can cause PIO
(Bill Gray, USAF Test Pilot School)

LATEST FROM SPIN RESEARCH
(Rein Inge Hoff)

NTSB INVESTIGATION OF THE GULFSTREAM 650 ACCIDENT
(Lorenda Ward, Senior Investigator-in-Charge, NTSB)

THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED - WHAT NOW?
(Capt. Hans Rahmann, Stiftung Mayday)

 

F-16 OUT OF CONTROL - IGNORE, DENY...OR JUST FIX IT
(Billie Flynn, Lockheed-Martin)

CAUSES FOR PILOTS MISTAKES
(Knut Lande, Flight Test Pilot (rtrd.), Landavia Ltd.)

CASE STUDY 3: THERE I WAS - LOC-I IN A FALCON 7X!
(Christophe Desilles)

CASE STUDY 4 - AUTOMATION CHALLENGES IN LOC-I SCENARIOS. HOW GOOD IS AUTOMATION?
(Mr.  Aydin Özkazanc, Turkish Airlines)

AUTOMATION - FRIEND OR FOE?     Front  Chap 1   Chap 2   Chap 3   Chap 4   Chap5   Chap6   Back
(Dr. Preven NAIDOO, Airline Pilot, South African Airways)

AUTOMATION ADDICTION - IS INNOVATIVE ENGINEERING GETTING TOO FAR AHEAD OF PILOT TRAINING?
(SAAF Gen (rtrd.) Des Barker, Test Pilot, CSIR)

A WINNING FUTURE COMBINATION: TRAINING AND AUTOMATION
(Rogers Smith, Test Pilot Instructor, Consultant)

UPSET TRAINING WITH INFLIGHT SIMULATORS
(Lou Knotts, Calspan)

LESSONS LEARNED WHILE GIVING UNAUGMENTED AIRPLANES TO AUGMENTATION-DEPENDENT PILOTS
(Bill Gray, USAF Test Pilot School)

NEW MOTION PLATFORMS - LESSONS LEARNED
(Dr. Michael Mayrhofer, AMST Systemtechnik GmbH)

 


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2012 Washington

2012 Flight Test Safety Workshop - Seattle, Washington

30 April - 3 May


SESSION I
Chairman: Billie Flynn, Lockheed Martin

Lessons Learned Power the Way Forward
Mike Carriker, Boeing

Tightening the Net in a Multi-Dimensional Flight Test Organization
Terry Lutz, Airbus SAS

Testing For Display Latency
Richard Newman

Flight Test: The F-35 Way
Katherine Ingle, Dept. of the U.S. Air Force

Lessons Learned From a Laser Guided Bomb Release on an Incorrect Designation Within an Approved Target Area
Gregory Glen, Dept. of the Navy

Panel Discussion

SESSION II
Chairman: Paul Bolds-Moorehead, Boeing

Unspoken Discoveries in Flight Test
Don Weiss, Northrop Grumman

Royal Canadian Air Force A310 Flight Management System Test
Capt Peter Connolly, CAF

Embraer 120 Brasilia – Simulated Ice Shapes Incident
Luiz Algodoal Vieira, Embraer S.A.
Roberto Becker, Embraer S.A.

747-8 Flight Loads Survey Testing
Leon Robert, Boeing
Grayson McArthur, Boeing

Panel Discussion

SESSION III
Chairman: John Cashman

Ethical Automation Philosophy: The Key to Cockpit Harmony
Benjamin White, Florida Institute of Technology

Carbon Brakes - An RTO Surprise
David Talbot, Boeing

Additional Emergency Exit for Flight Test
Paulo Quattrocchi

I Am Learning About Flight Test From An Accident 23 Years Ago
Dr. Fredrik Carlsson, SAAB Aeronautics

Panel Discussion

SESSION IV
Chairman: Pete Donath, Boeing

 

I Learned About Flight Test From...Just Hanging Around Long Enough
Jim Sandberg

Flight Test Safety While Planning NUCAS Autonomous Responses to Contingencies
Mike Rabens, Northrop Grumman
LCDR Brian Loustaunau, USN
Gerrit Everson, Northrop Grumman

Envelope Expansion Dives: Refining Build-up Techniques
Maurice Girard, Cessna Aircraft Co.
Aaron Tobias, Cessna Aircraft Co.

It’s Not All Bad News

Rod Huete, Flight Test & Safety Consultants, LLC

Panel Discussion
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