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.

FLIGHT TEST SAFETY WORKSHOP - Scottsdale, AZ 5-7 May 2015

TUTORIAL
“Lessons Learned (Are They Really)”
Keith Otsuka – Boeing

SESSION I

“Model E530 Scorpion Tactical Jet Risk Reduction Lessons Learned”
Dave Sitz – Textron Aviation

“Lessons Learned about Lessons Learned from Flight Testing of Boeing Commercial Airplanes”
Daniel Hedges & Dylan Welsh – Boeing

“Anatomy of a Close Call – P-8A Loads Exceedance”
Steven Wright – Wyle

“Lessons Learned and Murphy’s Corollary”
Michael Meier – Wills Wing

“Lessons From a Loss of Control During DC-3 Flight Test”
Bill Jaconetti & Ronald McElroy – FAA

SESSION II

“Overview of the Model 767-2C and KC-46A USAF Tanker Flight Test Program”
Ron Johnston & Pat Bearce – Boeing

“A4N Analog to Digital. No Sweat---Right????”
Lonny McClung – Top Aces USA

“Better Be Lucky When You’re Not Good”
Art Tomassetti – Lockheed Martin

“V-22 Osprey Formation Wake Interaction”
Trevor Strand – NAVAIR
Maj Robert Wicker, USMC

“After Market Flight Tests – Safety Compromises or Not?”
Rodrigo Huete – Flight Test & Safety Consultants, LLC

“Considerations in Testing Transport Aircraft with Closed-Loop Control Systems”
Heather Ross, Noah Aaron & Flash Parlini – Boeing

SESSION III

“UAV Mishap Taxonomy for Range Safety Reviews”
Robert Jacob – Naval Air Warfare Center

“Risk Matrices - Better Risk Analysis Through a Better Understanding”
Ben Luther – Gulfstream

“Do We Really Need Chase? Program Lessons Learned in the Jet Age”
Jim Webb – Boeing
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SESSION IV

“Safety Vaccination for a Small Test Program”
Terry Lutz - Airbus

“Critical Incident Response Program”
Jennifer Henderson – Boeing

“State of the Flight Test Safety Committee”
Gerald Whites – Chairman, FTSC

FLIGHT TEST SAFETY WORKSHOP - Savannah, GA 12-15 May 2014



SESSION I
Chairman: Colin Miller – GAC Flight Ops


“C-12 Gear Malfunction Incident”

Michael Wagner – Northrop Grumman &

Tom Huff – Gulfstream


“Flight Test Safety Database”

John Hed – FAA


SESSION II
Chairman:  Pat Svatek – GAC Lead FTE


“Re-Taming the Bronco: Combat Dragon II OV-10G+ Rapid Warfighter Response (RWR) Flight Test Program”

Maj. Jay M. Zarra-USMC &

Maj. Michael P. Pavis-USMC


“Break the Store Not the Airframe: CFP Testing in a 30 Year Old Envelope”

Maj. Tucker Hamilton-USAF &

Lt Michael Brueder-USAF


“Ten Lessons Learned from Racing Motorcycles and How They Apply to Flight Testing”

Rusty Lowry-USN TPS (retired)



SESSION III
Chairman:  Don Kaderbek – GAC FTE


“Tire Wear During Flight Testing”

Paul Donovan & Jake Howard-Gulfstream


“Sometimes Ah-Hah is a Four-Letter Word” Jim Sandberg (F)


“Multiple Shift Test Operations for Long Endurance Unmanned Aircraft”

Paul Sierpinski

NAVAIR Maritime Aeromechanics


SESSION IV
Chairman:  Todd Abler – GAC Flight Ops


“In Defense of the Incremental Approach”

Ben Luther - RAAF


“What we Learned about Test Tactics, Techniques & Procedures after an Inadvertent Runway Contact Event During Single Engine Takeoff”

Terry Pearce - Bombardier

 

2013 Amsterdam

FLIGHT TEST SAFETY WORKSHOP - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
29 - 31 October 2013


Session 1 “Lessons Learned” – Chair: Gerry Whites (Chairman FTSC)

Cockpit Displays of FTI Data to Increase Efficiency and Safety – A Look Back and Forward.
Jim Sandberg

Avionics Upgrades RNLAF (K)DC-10: Lessons Learned.
Lt.Col. Hielke Bosma (MAA-NL)

Gulfstream G650 Flight Test Accident.
Paul Donovan & Jake Howard (Gulfstream)

 

Session 2 “Flight Deck Design, Certification and Experience” – Chair: Bob Mulder

Information displays in Aerospace: Past, Present, and Future
Dave Carbaugh & Jerry Whites (Boeing)

Confusion on the flight deck.
Aldo Montanari (Air Seychelles)

Human Factors Certification of modern flight decks.
Gerard Temme (Certiflyer / EASA)

 

Session 3 “Novel Concepts” – Chair: Jim Sandberg

Evolving Rotorcraft Cockpit Designs.
Herb Moran (Augusta Westland)

Warning the pilot for PIO – a solution to avoid instability?
Marilena Pavel (ARISTOTEL EU Project)

Experimental HMI Integration for Flight Tests.
Jens Heider & Robert Geister (DLR)

Flight Deck Design and Flight Test of SpaceShipTwo.
Mark “Forger” Stucky (Scaled Composites)

 

Session 4 “Learning and Training” – Chair: Dieter Reisinger

Ecological Interface Design Principles.
Prof. Max Mulder (Delft University)    

Aircraft Controllability and Primary Flight Displays - A Human Factor Centered Approach. 
PAPER
Knut Lande (Landavia Ltd.)    

Cockpit Development and Assessment, a Test Pilot School perspective.
Terts “Stevie” Van Den Berg (ETPS)

2014 Ingolstadt

FLIGHT TEST SAFETY WORKSHOP - Ingolstadt, Germany
4 - 6 November 2014

Technical Session 1:  Risk Management - How we do it.

Boeing Test and Evaluations SMS - How we do it, Lessons learned, The future.
Erich Mahr, Boeing

Flight Safety at Flight Test Manching
Michael Vankann, Airbus Defence and Space

Marshall Aerospace Flight Test Safety Management
Claudine Maurin, Marshall Aerospace

Airbus Helicopters Flight Test Safety Management
Christoph Schlüter and Matthias Klein, Airbus Helicopters

Engineering Systems Inc. Safety Management Processes
Ryan Osteroos, Engineering Systems Inc.

Airbus Flight Test Safety Management
Etienne de Malleray, Airbus

Gulfstream Flight Test Safety Management
Paul Donovan, Gulfstream

 

Technical Session 2:  Lessons learned from incidents and accidents.

NLR Flight Test and SMS: what to measure?
Robert Tump, National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR), Amsterdam

Reflections on the morning's presentations.
Breaking the chain of unfortunate circumstances – in the very last moment
Josef Gietl, Airbus Defence and Space

Implementation of Safety Management System principles in flight testing
Kamil Kosacki, Jerzy Bakunowicz
Tomasz Rogalski, Rzeszow University of Technology

 

Technical Session 3:  Risk management of flight test campaigns

Kick the tire, catch the wire Test Certification Trials for two Emergency Arrestment Systems
Markus Rüdinger, Bundeswehr Flight Test Centre WTD61

Safety Risk Management during Flight Test of the F-16 Automatic Air Collision Avoidance System
Michael Pacini and Jessica Peterson, US Air Force

Enhanced FBI
Chris Worning, Airbus Defence and Space

 

Technical Session 4:  Future Challenges

Why do Smart Pilots Crash Smart Airplanes?
Leo Janssens

Risk Management for the flight test of an optionally piloted helicopter
Antoine van Gent and Volker Bau, Airbus Helicopters

Training and Automation - A Winning Combination
Rogers Smith, Smithaero

 

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