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).

2012 Germany

44th European Symposium Registration and Information

Kempinski Bristol
Berlin, Germany
23-27 May 2012

For information and to register, click here.

Technical session – Berlin 2012

24.5

0900 – 0915       Introduction

Session 1 – Session Chairman: LtCol Robert "Robbs" Hierl (F), WTD-61

0915 – 0945       Billie Flynn (F) and Jeff Harris, Lockheed Martin "F-35 Transonic Roll-Off"

0945 – 1015       Jeff Trang (AF) and Denis Hamel, American Eurocopter "The US Army and the EC-145 – Transition from the Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) to the Armed Aerial Scout (AAS)"

1015 – 1045       Coffee break

1045 – 1115       Karl-Heinz Mai (M), Airbus "A400M – Flight Test Status Update"

1115 - 1145        LtCol Apostolos Doukellis (M), HAF "EMB – 145 AEW&C Range and Endurance Test and Analysis"

1145 – 1215       Marc Frattini (AM), Cassidian "Barracuda UAV – Flight Test Highlights"

1215 – 1330       Lunch

Session 2 – Session Chairman – Karl-Heinz Mai (M), Airbus

1330 – 1400       Chris Taylor (M), CAA UK "So how does an AutoGyro fly"

1400 – 1430       Didier Poisson (AF), CEV and LtCol Thomas Wilhelm (M), GAF "A400M Certification Strategy"

1430 – 1500       Johan Sjöstrand (M) and Christer Berglund, Saab "Test and Development of a new Warning System to low G-Suit Pressure in the JAS 39 Gripen"

1500 – 1530       Coffee break

1530 – 1600       Bernhard Zinser, Technical Pilot A320 Family, Lufthansa "eTaxi – Technical Feasibility Demonstration of Electric Motor Units installed in the Main Gear on an In-Service A320"

1600 – 1630       Kevin Emerson, ETPS "Procurement and Instrumentation of a Helicopter suitable for TP and FTE Training at ETPS"

1630 – 1700       CDR Eric Buus (M), USN and LT Chris Tabert (M), USN "Catapulting the F-35C"
26.5
0900 – 0910       Introduction
Session 3 – Session Chairman – Gerhard "Geri" Krähenbühl (F), Cassidian
0910 – 0940       Eric Brown (HF) "Post War Interviews with German Aircraft Designers and Test Pilots"

0940 – 1010       CDR Robert A. Johnson, USN (retired) (M) "Carrier and Aircraft Launch and Recovery Systems, Circa 1945 – 2015"

1010 – 1040       Steve Roberts, Martin-Baker "Lessons learned from 63 Years of live Ejections"

1040 – 1115       Coffee break

1115 – 1145       Keith Hartley (M), Test Flying Academy of South Africa "Mitigating the unquantifiable Risk "

1145 – 1215       Markus Scherdel (M), Solarimpulse "Testing the Solarimpulse S10, the first Energy Neutral Solar Airplane"

1215 – 1245       Troy Asher (M), NASA Dryden "SOFIA – The Airborne Telescope"
Welcome to FTSC
The Flight Test Safety Committee (FTSC) was formed jointly in November 1994 by membersof 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 comprisethe FTSC, and are listed on the Members Page. 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.