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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 Sep 21, 2023
EP 46 - Are You Ready For the Bad Day? Part Two - Safe on Deck...Now What?
Thursday Sep 21, 2023
Thursday Sep 21, 2023
This month we will pick up where we left off with Marty Rollinger after his episode off the catapult in his F/A-18. If you missed part one check it out first.
Got an exciting aviation story to share, email me at ftsc@flighttestsafety.org
See you the last week in September in Anaheim for the SETP Annual Symposium and Banquet.
This Podcast is sponsored by Time2climb Training and Consulting

Tuesday Aug 29, 2023
EP 45 - Are You Ready For the Bad Day? Part One - The Water’s Getting Closer
Tuesday Aug 29, 2023
Tuesday Aug 29, 2023
How ready are you for the unthinkable to happen? This month we are joined by Marty Rollinger, former Marine F/A-18 pilot who shares a harrowing experience he had during pre-deployment carrier operations.
SETP Annual Symposium and Banquet Registration Link
This Podcast is sponsored by Time2climb Training and Consulting

Thursday Jul 20, 2023
EP 44 - Battle of the X Pilots
Thursday Jul 20, 2023
Thursday Jul 20, 2023
In 2000 a fly off happened between the Boeing X-32 and the Lockheed Martin X-35 for a winner take all defense contract. This month I will connect with my long time friend and JSF teammate Jeff "Pigpen" Karnes and we will share our perspectives on flying the demonstrators, the role of test pilots early in a program and managing risk for that stage of the program. Part 1 of 3.
SETP Annual Symposium & Banquet Registration Link
What's the SETP Annual Symposium & Banquet all about? Find out with this Link!
This Podcast is sponsored by Time2climb Training and Consulting

Thursday Jun 29, 2023
EP 43 - Signs of Danger
Thursday Jun 29, 2023
Thursday Jun 29, 2023
This month we have an episode recorded live at the Flight Test Safety Workshop last month. My guests are the 150 attendees of the workshop. We have five visuals you might encounter on any given day that we will discuss applying everything we know about risk management. You can find the slides I used HERE
This Podcast is sponsored by Time2climb Training and Consulting

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