TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
Chairman: Steve Wenke, IAS, LLC

TUTORIAL
Beyond Crew Rest: Fatigue Management and Countermeasures for the Flight Test Team

WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
John Cashman
Boeing Commercial Airplanes

SESSION I
Risk Management, Planning and Execution, Including
Selection and Appropriate Use of Test Safety

Chairman: Maurice Girard, Cessna

State of the Art of Spin Stall Parachute Recovery Systems (SSPRS)
Tony Taylor, Airborne Systems

Effective Test Flight Briefing and Efficient Test Execution
Kevin Ransford, USN Civ.
LCDR Brian Sandberg, USN

The Test Safety Equipment Tool Bag at Cessna Aircraft
Warren Hansen, Cessna

Flight Test Point Execution
Maximilian Kleinubing, Embraer

FAA Flight Test Risk Management
Rod Huete, FAA NYACO
John Hed, FAA SACO

SESSION II
Effectively Integrating Lessons Learned, Including Success Stories and Relevant Accident/Incident Topics

Chairman: Ralph Mohr, Boeing Commercial Airplanes

The Sino Swearingen SJ30-2 Flight Test Program (Developing an All New Business Jet the Safe Way)
John Siemens, SSAC

The Fundamentals Still Matter
Capt Mark Goodrich, IFFTG

Lear 45 Wallops Island Water Ingestion Lessons Learned
Sam Gemar, Bombardier

Big Engines and Directional Control
Paul Bolds-Moorehead, Boeing Commercial Airplanes

I’m Mad as Hell and I’m Not Going to Take it Anymore
Jim Sandberg
This video was made eight months after the 2008 FTSW in Melbourne during NASA’s Safety Day at Edwards AFB.

THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008

SESSION III
Flight Test Training, Effective Communication and Safety Culture Development

Chairman: Roger Beazley, ETPS

“Saying YES” to the “NO-VOTE”
Col Art Tomassetti, USMC

Incorporating a Safety Management System into Flight Test and Research Operations
Tim Leslie, NRC Canada

Lessons Learned from an Inadvertent In-Flight Termination of a Tomahawk
CDR Eric Holmberg, USN

The Basics of an Airworthiness and Flight Test Safety Review Process
Bart Henwood, NASA DFRC

SESSION IV
More Lessons Learned and a Look Into the Future

Chairman: Jerry Whites, Boeing Commercial Airplanes

Rewriting Safety’s Future
Capt Connie Tobias, US Airways

T-45 Single Engine Airstart Testing Over Water
LCDR Kevin Sproge, USN
Michael Burks, USN
Jennifer McAteer, NAVAIR

Proposal to Revisit Helicopters for Lunar Landing Training
CDR Robert Byers, USN

Flight Testing in the University Environment
Dr. Chuck Hall, North Carolina State University

TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
Chairman: Steve Wenke, IAS, LLC

TUTORIAL
Beyond Crew Rest: Fatigue Management and Countermeasures for the Flight Test Team

WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
John Cashman
Boeing Commercial Airplanes

SESSION I
Risk Management, Planning and Execution, Including
Selection and Appropriate Use of Test Safety

Chairman: Maurice Girard, Cessna

State of the Art of Spin Stall Parachute Recovery Systems (SSPRS)
Tony Taylor, Airborne Systems

Effective Test Flight Briefing and Efficient Test Execution
Kevin Ransford, USN Civ.
LCDR Brian Sandberg, USN

The Test Safety Equipment Tool Bag at Cessna Aircraft
Warren Hansen, Cessna

Flight Test Point Execution
Maximilian Kleinubing, Embraer

FAA Flight Test Risk Management
Rod Huete, FAA NYACO
John Hed, FAA SACO

SESSION II
Effectively Integrating Lessons Learned, Including Success Stories and Relevant Accident/Incident Topics

Chairman: Ralph Mohr, Boeing Commercial Airplanes

The Sino Swearingen SJ30-2 Flight Test Program (Developing an All New Business Jet the Safe Way)
John Siemens, SSAC

The Fundamentals Still Matter
Capt Mark Goodrich, IFFTG

Lear 45 Wallops Island Water Ingestion Lessons Learned
Sam Gemar, Bombardier

Big Engines and Directional Control
Paul Bolds-Moorehead, Boeing Commercial Airplanes

I’m Mad as Hell and I’m Not Going to Take it Anymore
Jim Sandberg

THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008

SESSION III
Flight Test Training, Effective Communication and Safety Culture Development

Chairman: Roger Beazley, ETPS

“Saying YES” to the “NO-VOTE”
Col Art Tomassetti, USMC

Incorporating a Safety Management System into Flight Test and Research Operations
Tim Leslie, NRC Canada

Lessons Learned from an Inadvertent In-Flight Termination of a Tomahawk
CDR Eric Holmberg, USN

The Basics of an Airworthiness and Flight Test Safety Review Process
Bart Henwood, NASA DFRC

SESSION IV
More Lessons Learned and a Look Into the Future

Chairman: Jerry Whites, Boeing Commercial Airplanes

Rewriting Safety’s Future
Capt Connie Tobias, US Airways

T-45 Single Engine Airstart Testing Over Water
LCDR Kevin Sproge, USN
Michael Burks, USN
Jennifer McAteer, NAVAIR

Proposal to Revisit Helicopters for Lunar Landing Training
CDR Robert Byers, USN

Flight Testing in the University Environment
Dr. Chuck Hall, North Carolina State University