Do you remember when your coaches or your parents told you to “focus on the fundamentals”? Where did that phrase come from? And is it true that Vince Lombardi said “brilliant at the basics” instead of referring to “the fundamentals”? I ask those questions in the lead up to next week’s 2025 Flight Test Safety Workshop, which has as its theme “Brilliant at the Basics,” and because this month goes back to its infrequent, aperiodic tradition of publishing a “long read” column on the basics and the fundamentals.
It is a long read, but I think it’s a good one. There’s even a link to a questionnaire about the “basics” of flight test and test safety, and if you can make time for the TWO question survey, we’d be very grateful. Also included as an attachment to the pdf—under the “paper clip” menu in your pdf reader sidebar—is an older article about the same topic, and it presents the second of the two “shapes” that are featured in this article.
Turbo starts a new mini-series on the podcast, and of course, our president shares his thoughts in the lead up to our Annual Workshop.
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Download Flight Test Safety Fact, 25-05.