#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
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Build the Scaffold: The Future of SFTE
This article first appeared in the Flight Test News, 18-10 Loosely speaking, three things happened during any Apollo mission. The launch was a disruptive phase during which the transformation of fuel and energy created a tremendous amount of heat and
Editorial Ethics
This article first appeared in the September 2018 Flight Test News. During the course of my reading and review of Initial Airworthiness, several things happened. First, it stirred a line of thinking about several prominent events that have taken place
Perlan II Obliterates Altitude Record
This article first appeared in the September 2018 Flight Test News. The Perlan Project published this on twitter: “Making history! On Sunday, @Airbus Perlan Mission II soared in the stratosphere to a pressure altitude of over 62,000 feet (60,669 feet
SFTE Annual Symposia: Identifying our Strong Point’s Weakness
by Panos Vitsas This article first appeared in the September 2018 Flight Test News. Undoubtedly one of our Society’s strong points (if not the strongest) is the Annual Symposium, which is organized every year to give our members the opportunity
Hindsight: 1971 – The 2nd SFTE Symposium
by Jim Fawcett This article first appeared in the September 2018 Flight Test News. The 49th Annual International Symposium in Savannah hasn’t even happened yet, but along with a small group of colleagues, I’m already involved in the early stages
SFTE’s Rocket City Unveils Logo
This article first appeared in the September 2018 Flight Test News. The Rocket City Chapter is located in Huntsville, Alabama; the birthplace of the U.S. Space Program and home of Redstone Arsenal. Taylor Jefferson and Derek Donewar are leading a
Test Conduct Reference: Letter to the Editor
This article first appeared in the September 2018 Flight Test News. Earlier this year, Nathan CAP’N Cook posted a question in SFTE’s private facebook group: Does anyone have references for “fundamentals of test conduct”? I’m not looking for “test techniques”
Flight Test News, September 2018
Test Conduct Reference: Letter to the Editor Book Review: Initial Airworthiness, 2d Ed. SFTE’s Rocket City Chapter Unveils Logo Hindsight: 1971 – The 2nd SFTE Symposium SFTE Annual Symposia: Identifying our Strong Point’s Weakness Perlan II Obliterates Altitude Record Editorial
Register for the Flight Test Safety Workshop
This article first appeared in the April 2018 Flight Test News. 1-3 May 2018 at the Sheraton Arlington Hotel The theme of the workshop is “Risk Management – extracting test program risk through detailed planning: hazard identification and risk mitigation