On Condition: The Flight Test Safety Podcast

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.

Tobias van Esselstyn's Bio

Tony Levier Flight Test Safety Award

FTSW Call for Presentations

Pan Am 1959 Promo Video

 

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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!

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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

 

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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.

 

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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.

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 EFTSW Registration

Link to SETP S&B Registration

Link to SFTE International Symposium Registration

 

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In this episode I go out on location for a flight test safety discussion about predicting the future, assessing safety culture and more. Join Mark Jones Jr., Vanessa Rebello, and myself at the 3rd Planet Mothership for part 1 of this interview.  (I even get to be one of the interviewees for a little bit)

 

Here is a link to the Sep 2019 FTSF that has Mark’s article about 3Q: https://flighttestsafety.org/images/Flight_Test_Safety_Fact_19-09.pdf


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This month I spoke with Steve Bush and Stan Swan from the Columbia Aviation Association (CAA) and talked about one of the approaches they have to improving flight safety.  You can learn more about the CAA in the link below.

 

Home - Columbia Aviation Association (caapilots.com)

 

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This month we will look at how pop culture (well one fairly popular movie from the 80s anyway) can provide lessons in safety.  And in our look back in aviation history we will talk about the Dornier DO 31 VTOL Jet Transport .

Link to Drury Wood bio

Major Drury W. Wood | National Air and Space Museum (si.edu)

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This month we talk with Mat McMenemy and Don Grove from Bell about Lessons Learned on the Bell V-280 program and in our look back in history we talk about Neil's Cross Country Flight.

Matt McMenemy is the Verification Manager for Bell on the V-280 / Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program. 

Don Grove is the Military Chief Pilot for Bell and lead test pilot on the V-280 Valor program.

Bell V-280 Links 
V-280 Valor website: https://www.bellflight.com/products/bell-v-280

Following Historic Development and Flight Test Program Bell V-280 Valor Focuses on FLRAA Competition. 

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