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Hosted by Art Tomassetti, the Flight Test Safety Committee produces monthly podcasts to share valuable, relevant, and helpful information across our audience of SETP, SFTE and AIAA members and anyone who is interested in safety. Each podcasts contains information from the latest issue of our digital publication the Flight Test Safety Fact and include a special topic of the month (presentations from Symposia, interviews, panel discussions and much more). The FTSC is officially chartered by the Society of Experimental Test Pilots (SETP) Foundation. This Podcast is sponsored by Time2climb Training and Consulting: http://www.time2climb.com
Episodes

Thursday May 25, 2023
EP 42 – B-1 Flight Test Lessons Learned (Part 2)
Thursday May 25, 2023
Thursday May 25, 2023
This month I share some observations from the recent Flight Test Safety Workshop and we finish our Interview with Ken Katz who shares more lessons learned from the B-1 flight test program.
This Podcast is sponsored by Time2climb Training and Consulting

Tuesday Apr 25, 2023
EP 41 – B-1 Flight Test Lessons Learned (Part 1)
Tuesday Apr 25, 2023
Tuesday Apr 25, 2023
Register now for the Flight Test Safety Workshop HERE by 26 April 12pm PDT
This month we talk with Ken Katz about flight test lessons from the B-1 program.
This Podcast is sponsored by Time2climb Training and Consulting

Wednesday Mar 29, 2023
EP 40 - This Is The Way. Applying Safety Every Day.
Wednesday Mar 29, 2023
Wednesday Mar 29, 2023
During my years of flying and flight test I learned a lot about safety and making decisions relative to risk. But what good does any of that do me in everyday life? Well, turns out it comes in handy.
Tell us about a way you apply flight safety to your everyday life.

Tuesday Feb 28, 2023
EP 39 - What If?
Tuesday Feb 28, 2023
Tuesday Feb 28, 2023
This episode will recap the SETP Southeast Section Symposium at Flight Works Alabama in Mobile and hear from aviation legend Bob Hoover on essential test pilot skills.
Link to Tony Levier Award Criteria
Link to SETP Oral History Videos
This Podcast is sponsored by Time2climb Training and Consulting

Thursday Jan 26, 2023
EP 38 - Test Teams Today
Thursday Jan 26, 2023
Thursday Jan 26, 2023
This month we talked with Tobias van Esselstyn, Director of Flight Test Engineering at Gulfstream about some of the challenges today's test teams face and ideas on how to meet those challenges.
Tony Levier Flight Test Safety Award
This Podcast is sponsored by Time2climb Training and Consulting

Wednesday Dec 14, 2022
EP 37 - New Testing of Old Aircraft
Wednesday Dec 14, 2022
Wednesday Dec 14, 2022
We close out the year and continue our conversation with Dodge Bailey from last month talking about flying the vintage aircraft in the Shuttleworth collection. Follow the link below to learn more about the collection's unique aircraft.
Link to the Shuttleworth Collection
Happy and safe Holidays to all and we will be back in 2023!
This Podcast is sponsored by Time2climb Training and Consulting

Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
EP 36 - Teaching New Pilots Old Planes
Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
This month we talk with test pilot Roger "Dodge" Bailey about flying the incredible assortment of aircraft in the Shuttleworth collection. They fly these aircraft every summer in public demonstrations. He discusses unique characteristics of those aircraft, their approach to training pilots/maintaining currency, and the occasional need to conduct flight tests on those aircraft.
Here is a Link to the Shuttleworth Collection
Link to our Flight Test Safety Committee Reference on Airshow Guidance
This Podcast is sponsored by Time2climb Training and Consulting

Monday Oct 31, 2022
Monday Oct 31, 2022
Join host Art Tomassetti as he shares stories of frightful flights, terrifying test points and ghostly gremlins. This is a special Halloween edition on the Flight Test Safety Podcast.
This Podcast is sponsored by Time2climb Training and Consulting

Thursday Sep 29, 2022
EP 34 - Trip Report from SETP Annual Symposium & Banquet
Thursday Sep 29, 2022
Thursday Sep 29, 2022
Well, this was actually going to be an off month for the podcast given all the events taking place. But with some time on a layover at DFW decided to make a quick trip report from the Society of Experimental Test Pilots Annual Symposium and Banquet. Forgive the background noise and non-standard format as the episode was mostly done with what I had on my smartphone in the airport.

Tuesday Aug 30, 2022
EP 33 - 3Q (Part 2)
Tuesday Aug 30, 2022
Tuesday Aug 30, 2022
In this Episode we look back in history at a historic flight of the X-15 and pick up our flight test discussion about 3Q.
Link to the Sep 2019 FTSF that has Mark’s article about 3Q
Link to SFTE International Symposium Registration
This Podcast is sponsored by Time2climb Training and Consulting