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Flight Test Safety Fact, 24-03

March 5, 2024March 5, 2024 admin

The Fairey Rotodyne is an incredible collection of complex systems and technology—thousands of pieces of aircraft all flying in formation together—and it’s old. It’s amazing how there is “nothing new under the sun with airplane tech.” If I was going

Flight Test Safety Fact, 24-01

January 9, 2024January 9, 2024 admin

If I close my eyes, I can picture the outline of an airplane against the glowing fog in the background created by hangar lights on the other side of an icy ramp in North Dakota. I can feel the cold

Flight Test Safety Fact, 23-11

October 30, 2023October 31, 2023 admin

As we approach the end of the hurricane season in the northern hemisphere, we take you on a whirlwind tour of several important headlines that are probably relevant to your flight test program or your knowledge of industry trends. Turbo

Flight Test Safety Fact, 23-09

September 6, 2023September 7, 2023 admin

It’s back to school time, and Turbo makes an interesting observation that correlates what we did in school with what’s in this issue. There is a lot to read in this issue, but the simple fact that so many of

Letter to the Editor: STPA Deep Dive

August 5, 2023August 5, 2023 admin

Editor’s note: I reached out to Sarah for comment on my STPA Deep Dive editorial, and unfortunately I used the wrong email address and didn’t provide enough time for a response. But when she finally did see my inquiry, Sarah

Adventure, Discovery, and STPA Deep Dive

August 4, 2023August 5, 2023 admin

Last week, a fascinating discovery caught my eye. “Astronomers detect an ‘ultracool’ brown dwarf star burning at roughly 800 degrees, or cooler than a typical campfire; object is the coldest star on record still emitting radio waves”.1 These kinds of

Flight Test Safety Fact, 23-08

August 1, 2023August 5, 2023 admin

It’s officially August, which means hot weather in the United States, a season that brings back many fond memories of summer fun. One of the things I loved as a kid was the joy of discovery, and that usually included

Flight Test Safety Fact, 23-06

June 5, 2023June 5, 2023 admin

It’s almost summer, and things in this edition are heating up. Chia Rogerson shares a recap of the recent Flight Test Safety Workshop from Wichita, and the Textron team also earned top honors with their paper on stall testing of

Flight Test Safety Fact, 23-03

March 1, 2023March 3, 2023 admin

Imagine that you had magical powers, and you could apply those powers to any part of the flight test safety process? What would you apply it to? That’s one of the questions I’ll ask in this edition of the newsletter

Cook publishes Flight Test Brevity

February 20, 2023February 20, 2023 admin

I don’t know how much I can say about this given the title, but I will say two things. First, communication is one of the basics, and let’s admit it—we aren’t brilliant. Second, publishing a document in this way is

your words matter

Flight Test Safety Fact, 24-03

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Letter to the Editor: STPA Deep Dive

Adventure, Discovery, and STPA Deep Dive

Flight Test Safety Fact, 23-08

Flight Test Safety Fact, 23-06

Flight Test Safety Fact, 23-03

Cook publishes Flight Test Brevity