The Flight Test Safety Committee is soliciting nominations for the Tony LeVier Flight Test Safety Award.
Criteria and nomination information can be found HERE.
The deadline to submit a nomination is 29 March 2024.
Flight Test Safety Committee
The Flight Test Safety Committee is soliciting nominations for the Tony LeVier Flight Test Safety Award.
Criteria and nomination information can be found HERE.
The deadline to submit a nomination is 29 March 2024.
2024 Flight Test Safety Workshop
30 April – 2 May 2024
Hyatt at Olive 8
1635 8th Ave
Seattle, WA 98101
The Flight Test Safety Committee, a joint committee of SFTE, AIAA, and SETP, is pleased to announce that the North American Flight Test Safety Workshop will be held 30 April – 2 May 2024 in Seattle, Washington.
The purpose of the Safety Workshop is to provide an open forum where flight test safety issues can be presented, discussed and probed with other members and disciplines of the flight test community. Mr. Bob Stoney, Stoney Aviation Consulting, is coordinating the event.
A Tutorial will be held at the Hyatt at Olive 8 on Tuesday 30 April, followed by technical presentations on Wednesday 1 May and continuing the morning of 2 May. The afternoon of 2 May will consist of a technical tour of the wind tunnel facilities at Boeing Field.
NOTE: Pre-registration is required, as we cannot guarantee at-the-door registrations will be available. THE LAST DAY TO REGISTER IS 23 APRIL 2024 at 12pm PDT!
Click HERE to Register!
Hotel Reservation Info:
Hyatt at Olive 8
1635 8th Ave
Seattle, WA 98101
A limited block of rooms is reserved at the group rate of $239.00 per night.
Please reserve your room by Tuesday, 9 April 2024 in order to guarantee this rate.
Please click HERE to book your room.
2024 Flight Test Safety Workshop
30 April – 2 May 2024
Hyatt at Olive 8
1635 8th Ave
Seattle, WA 98101
Hotel Reservation Info:
A limited block of rooms is reserved at the group rate of $239.00 per night.
Please reserve your room by Tuesday, 9 April 2024 in order to guarantee this rate.
Please click HERE to book your room.
The Fairey Rotodyne is an incredible collection of complex systems and technology—thousands of pieces of aircraft all flying in formation together—and it’s old. It’s amazing how there is “nothing new under the sun with airplane tech.” If I was going to segregate rotorcraft and powered lift in their own tournament bracket, I would probably include this marvelous invention. Turbo has some thoughts on The Greatest Aircraft of All Time, and it aligns with the March Madness sweeping the nation (United States) right now. What aircraft would you include in the tournament brackets pictured here? This edition lets you interact digitally with others in our industry, if you’d like a diversion from work.
Another trend that isn’t quite sweeping the nation is the gradual evolution of online and digital interfaces for text and data. For example, this edition includes several hyperlinks to updates that should probably be included in the Houle database, sent in from a reader in a letter to the Editor. One of the offshoots of that conversation included some observations about word docs (not “docx” files, but “doc” files) published by an industry-leading organization [if the shoe fits…]. The point is, no one should be using word docs if they want people to use their docs. There are so many better ways to do things, and that’s my opinion but it’s also a thread woven into Houle database conversation.
Speaking of better ways to do things, if you have any ideas, we would love to hear them. Send your thoughts to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., and we will share them in a future edition.
Sincerely,
Mark Jones Jr.
Editor
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