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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
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Jan 31, 2024
Jan 31, 2024
22 min
It’s our 50th Episode and this month we talk to USAF Testers and PhD's Juan Jurado and Clark McGehee about their recently presented paper OUTCOME-BASED FRAMEWORK FOR ONLINE MODEL VALIDATION AND RISK AWARENESS.
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This Podcast is sponsored by Time2climb Training and Consulting

Dec 6, 2023
Dec 6, 2023
23 min
We close out 2023 with the third (and maybe not final) episode of the Battle of the X Pilots. Pigpen and I will talk about testing the STOVL version of the X-32 and X-35 and some of the challenges encountered. Our look back in flight test history talks about a UK test pilot with A LOT of experience. Happy Holidays!
Check out EP 44 - Battle of the X Pilots (Part 1) Here
Check out EP 48 – Battle of the X Pilots (Part 2) Here
Eric Brown's Oral History
This Podcast is sponsored by Time2climb Training and Consulting

Nov 29, 2023
Nov 29, 2023
15 min
Join me this month as I pick up with my good friend Jeff "Pigpen" Karnes for Part 2 of Battle of the X Pilots. In this episode we talk about taking the X-32 and X-35 cross country.
Check out EP 44 - Battle of the X Pilots (Part 1) Here
X Country In An X Airplane - Download Paper Here
This Podcast is sponsored by Time2climb Training and Consulting

Oct 31, 2023
Oct 31, 2023
24 min
A special Halloween themed episode again this year about another seemingly cursed aircraft. This time an AV-8B Harrier. Join me and my guest Col Kevin "Smells" Gross, USMC (Ret) as we recount the terrifying tale of aircraft 163666.
And for a little more spooky humor check out this excerpt from the SETP Awards Banquet pre dinner entertainment "The Testy Zone"
This Podcast is sponsored by Time2climb Training and Consulting
Sep 21, 2023
Sep 21, 2023
14 min
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
Aug 29, 2023
Aug 29, 2023
16 min
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

Jul 20, 2023
Jul 20, 2023
18 min
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

Jun 29, 2023
Jun 29, 2023
20 min
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

May 25, 2023
May 25, 2023
21 min
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

Apr 25, 2023
Apr 25, 2023
18 min
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
