Peter Donath, Flight Test Engineer
I don’t remember when I first met Pete, but I remember when I first heard Pete. It was 2014 when I joined the Board of Directors for SFTE. Several years later, when we met in person, it was like I’d
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#winning in the new year
This is Jake, my youngest son, and he just turned seven a few months before this photo. I wish this picture had better resolution so you could see the look on his face. I snapped it with my phone, and
counting is hard
On my desk is a novel written by one of my favorite authors. It has a black cover with an image that appears to be the x-ray of a starfish. There are two-hundred and forty three pages in the book,
Machine Learning Techniques Applied to Flight Test Data Evaluation
I mentioned this paper in the Flight Test Safety Fact 19-12 in the limited survey of AI in Flight Test. The authors have generously agreed to share it here. From the authors: This paper proposes an application of machine-learning methods
Reach Everyone
More than a year ago, I heard a long-time USAF member of SETP say, “I never heard about the Flight Test Safety Committee” (an admission that took many of our Committee members by surprise). That conversation was the catalyst for
Artificial Intelligence in Flight Test: A Limited Survey
As far back as 1994, Flight Test Safety intersected with Artificial Intelligence (AI). As you can see above, that year the US Navy at Pax River published a paper titled “The Use of Genetic Algorithms for Flight Test and Evaluation
Flight Test Safety Fact, 19-12
Did you know that there are almost 200 people in our Societies that do not have email?! (At least we know they did not provide their email address to their Society.) I found that out while counting how many “new”
when cars drift into another lane
Can you remember back to your early childhood? You didn’t know enough to warn your dad about the car in his blind spot when he started to drift into the other lane. When you learned to drive, though, you gained
Hidden Risk by Roger Hehr
The Society of Experimental Test Pilot’s (SETP) 2019 Symposium included a presentation based on a paper by SETP’s Roger Hehr. It highlights two very relevant topics. First, it discusses unmanned flight test, which is becoming increasingly more important almost daily.
Flight Test Safety Fact, 19-11
It’s been over a month since SETP’s Annual Symposium, so I’ve had time to dig through the program, papers, and slides. Unfortunately, the news cycle doesn’t stop, so I’ve split my time between corresponding with those who presented at or