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Symposium 2023

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The Flight Test Society of Australia completed a successful symposium over two days during the Australian International Airshow. The first day was conducted at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University in the Melbourne CBD with the second day at the airshow at Avalon Airfield. The highlight was guest speaker Billie Flynn who was visiting the airshow as a board member of one of our corporate members, the International Test Pilots School Canada. Billie presented an entertaining after-dinner speech at the symposium dinner. He also presented the final paper on considerations in designing an airshow routine for the F-35. The current RAAF F-35 display pilot was in attendance.

Billie Flynn and Bunga

Billie Flynn and RAAF F-35 display pilot FLTLT Ross Bowman, (Bunga).

The Flight Test Society would like to thank the presenters, the attendees and in particular our corporate members who sponsored the event.

 

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Flight Test Safety Fact

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The January 2023 Flight Test Safety Fact is now available for download.

The Flight Test Safety Committee (FTSC) was formed jointly in November 1994 by members of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots (SETP), the Society of Flight Test Engineers (SFTE) and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). These and numerous additional organizations presently comprise the FTSC. The purpose of the FTSC is to initiate and sustain a flight test-related safety organization intended to promote flight safety, reduce the risk of mishaps, promote risk reduction management and continually improve the profession's communication and coordination.

RAeS Audio & Visual Archive

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Thank you to our Historical Officer Bob Richardson for discovering the Royal Aeronautical Society's Audio and Visual Archive. These are mainly audio recordings of interviews with major players in aviation including many test pilots and engineers. Of particular interest are those of a very famous UK Aircraft Registration Board TP from 1949 to the 1980s, D.P. Davies who died in 2004. His spoken voice is superb, and his very forthright comments on civil aircraft handling qualities are quite riveting if you haven’t heard him before. He’s far more complimentary about the 707 and 747 family than about most British RPT aircraft, but his castigation of those responsible for the B727 stall certification in UK, US (and Australia) in the last 5 minutes of the second interview below is pretty powerful stuff.

  • Testing the Comets, Boeing 707, Britannia & Brabazon
  • Boeing 747, the Trident, VC10, One Eleven & the Boeing 727

Also of interest is Chuck Yeager, (now 96YO!). The last 20 minutes of Yeager’s interview talks about his NF104 rocket flights above 100,000ft, especially the great detail of his lost control and ejection are very good.

 


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