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
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
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
the origin of SFTE – part 2 By Jon Whitworth, “Member #2” 1968 the beginning of The Society of Flight Test Engineers, but what was it like then? Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy were assassinated. The Viet Nam war
In October 1968, was it chance or serendipity that led the Society of Flight Test Engineers to begin a series of discussions that ultimately led to its formal incorporation later that year? Maybe they told stories about Jack Ridley and
The Society of Flight Test Engineers Technical Council has studied flight test mishaps for several months and prepared a two-part webinar with findings and lessons learned. Part 1 of the webinar is 28 March from 1-2:30 pm (Eastern). Topics include
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
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
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
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
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