Art "Turbo" Tomassetti

Time2Climb Training & Consulting
Colonel USMC (Ret)
Lockheed Martin (Ret)

Colonel (ret) Art Tomassetti served for 27 years in the United States Marine Corps.  He earned his commission from the United States Navy Reserve Officer Training Corp in 1986 and completed flight training in Beeville, Texas.  After receiving his wings, he trained in the AV-8B Harrier in Cherry Point, N. C. He served with two Fleet Harrier Squadrons VMA-542 and VMA-513, flew 39 Combat missions during Operation Desert Storm, and made two deployments to the Western Pacific. 

Colonel (ret) Tomassetti served as a member of the Joint Strike Fighter Test Force and became the lead government pilot for the X-35 Test Team.  He was the only U.S. Government pilot to fly all three variants of the X-35 aircraft and flew the first ever Short Take-Off, level supersonic dash and vertical landing accomplished on a single flight.  He commanded the US Navy’s Tactical jet test and evaluation squadron and the Marine Aviation Detachment at Patuxent River, MD.   His final assignment was as the 33FW Vice Wing Commander where he helped to stand up F-35 Training for pilots and maintainers at Eglin AFB and also was a F-35 Instructor Pilot for the initial cadre of USMC transition pilots.  He has more than 3200 hours in over 40 types of aircraft and is the only pilot to have flown both the X-35 and F-35.   His Military Awards include the Legion of Merit, Defense Meritorious Service Medal and 3 Air Medals. He is a Fellow and past President of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots and a recipient of the Tony Levier Flight Test Safety Award.

Following retirement in 2013 Col (ret) Tomassetti began working for Lockheed Martin Aeronautics as the F-35B USMC Program Manager and in 2016 established Time2Climb Consulting.

Addison Tower
FAA

Addison graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1984 with B.S. degrees in Computer Science and Russian. He served 24 years as a bomber and test pilot in the US Air Force, and graduated from the USAF Test Pilot School Class 99B in 2000, and from Air Command and Staff College in 2003. Air Force flight test projects included B-1 Block E avionics upgrade and B-1 Block F fiber optic towed decoy. After a Pentagon tour in International Standardization, Addison returned to USAF TPS as Division Chief for Tech Support and Plans & Programs and a C-12 Instructor Test Pilot. After retirement in 2012 and a short stint as a corporate pilot, Addison joined the FAA in 2015 as a Flight Test Pilot in the Chicago Aircraft Certification Office. There he was heavily involved in certification projects with Cirrus Aircraft, including the SF50 Vision Jet, the SR10, and Emergency Autoland in the SF50. He has also participated in the certification flight test of hot air balloons. Addison served on the Technical Advisory Board for the Boeing 737 MAX in 2019 following the two fatal accidents in Indonesia and Ethiopia. In 2021, Addison took on the role of Flight Test Program Flight Safety Officer, managing the Safety Management System for the Flight Test and Human Factors Branch, and advocating for the safety of 65 FAA Aircraft Certification Flight Testers flying experimental aircraft around the globe. He presented at the 2024 and 2025 Flight Test Safety Workshops.

Stuart Rogerson
Chief Pilot Safety, Standardization and Training
Engineering and Defense Flight Test
Textron Aviation

Graduating from Royal Roads Military College with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Earth Observational Sciences and then the University of Toronto with a Master Applied Science in Aerospace, Stuart spent 20 years in the RCAF as a fighter then test pilot on the CF-18.  Stuart attended USNTPS Class 127 and worked at AETE testing the CF-18 on various upgrades to the avionics, landing gear and flight control software.  After a short stint as an CF-18 instructor pilot, Stuart served as an exchange officer with the 416 FLTS, Edwards AFB flying the F-16.  Projects included EW, avionics, first flight of the GBU-50, airstarts and numerous radar and targeting pod programs.  Stuart was also a designated High AOA instructor on the F-16 and F-18.  Additionally, Stuart was a Flight Safety Officer for both the RCAF and USAF having attended formal safety training with both organizations

In 2011, Stuart started at Textron Aviation on the 680+ program working as the lead pilot on the prototype aircraft for certification.  After becoming a Flight Test Pilot UM, Stuart worked on the 750+ and the 680A.  Next, Stuart was assigned to the 700 Longitude where he was both the lead Flight Test Pilot UM and PIC for the first flight of the prototype aircraft completing all initial stall, stability and control and envelope expansion testing.  He was also a demonstration and mission systems development pilot for the Scorpion jet.  While working these programs, Stuart was also the Test Safety Officer for Textron Aviation.  and is a designated flight test instructor. 

Currently Stuart serves as the company’s Chief Pilot, Safety, Standardization and Training for Engineering and Defense Flight Test.   In this role, Stuart is responsible for the Safety Review Board of all engineering flight test activity.  As well, Stuart maintains responsibility for any flight safety investigations that involve Engineering or Defense operations.  In addition to safety, he remains responsible for both initial and recurrent Pilot and FTE training which includes Textron Aviation’s own in-house training program.  Stuart is also the lead instructor for the company wide Upset Prevention and Recovery Training Program on the T-6.  Finally, Stuart is responsible for all policies and procedures that impact engineering and defense flight operations.  Outside of his Chief Pilot role, Stuart remains an active test pilot at Textron Aviation supporting test programs on both Part 23, Part 25 and defense aircraft.   

Stuart is an Associate Fellow in SETP and has previously served as the Chairman of the West Coast and Central Sections.  Stuart has also served on the Membership committee and the National Board, most recently as a Technical Advisor.  In 2019, Stuart was the Symposium Chairman for the Annual S&B in Anaheim.  He has presented numerous papers to the Central and West Coast sections and the Annual Symposium.