What does Pike’s Peak have to do with Thanksgiving, Flight Test Safety, and flooding? “Flooding,” you wonder aloud? Yes, flooding...
We are drowning in data and facts, pixels and posts. It’s a flood of biblical proportions. The answer isn’t more compute, better dashboards, or even safety management systems. In an attempt to convince you of the answer, I want to spend a few minutes looking back at what got us here.
The “here” in the sentence above just so happens to be a beautiful photo of Pike’s Peak, but to really understand what connects them all, you’ll have to read “What Got Us Here.”
Thence, in this issue, you will find...
Award-winning Flight Test History - Martin Shubert and Dave Sizoo at the intersection of Flight Test Safety, History, and eVTOL
Two Things about Oral History: 1) An Oral History of the FTSC - Tom “Sally” Fields, a new member of the FTSC Board of Directors starts work on his story, and 2) The Second Thing about Oral History, a revitalized SETP project that will promote Flight Test Safety, how you can and should get involved, and a random interjection that uses the word “history” in a familiar context
Three Things from the SFTE Symposium (two are quick and one isn’t) - a flight test safety paper you should read, a note from the SFTE President, and Guy Gratton spends time remembering and how it relates to being an SFTE Fellow and flight test safety
After you finish reading and remembering, maybe send an email to the Editor, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., and share your memories and musings.
Sincerely,
Mark Jones Jr.
Editor
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