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Sent to You as a Benefit of Your SFTE Membership www.sfte.org Join/Renew SFTE Membership International Flight Test News Volocopter Flight Test – Dubai New SFTE Lifetime Member Mike BorfitzM was the “safety and flight test guy” in Dubai last September for "The World's First" public flight of a fully autonomous aerial taxi, the Volocopter. Volocopter Video Read the article Mike wrote for AUVSI newsletter on UAV certification last October, page 28 - http://www.sfte.org/publications/ Plymouth Rock Technologies Inc. MiRIAD Passes Payload Flight Test – Morongo and Coachella Valley, CA Plymouth Rock Technologies Inc. MiRIAD (Millimeter Remote Imaging from Airborne Drone) system has successfully passed its internal payload flight testing demonstrations. The testing took place on variable terrain as well as close to the Palm Springs Wind Farm. The test allowed assessment of the stability and maneuverability of a UAS (Unmanned Aircraft System), with a MiRIAD system attached. The SWAP (Size, Weight and Power) tests provide critical data on system endurance parameters. Currently, drones are used for capturing aerial imagery, mainly video and occasionally thermal. There is no current capability for drone-based imaging at much longer wavelengths, such as within the millimeter-wave spectrum. Newsfile NASA’s Mars Helicopter Passes First Test Flight With Flying Colors – Pasadena, CA When NASA’s Mars 2020 Rover lands on the Red Planet in two years, it will be carrying the Mars Helicopter—the first heavier-than-air vehicle to fly from the surface of another world. Weighing a measly 4 lbs, the mini chopper is currently undergoing a rigorous verification process certifying it for outer space. The Mars Helicopter team flew in JPL’s Space Simulator, a 25-foot-wide vacuum chamber where nitrogen, oxygen, and other gases were replaced with carbon dioxide—the chief ingredient in Mars’ atmosphere. GeekWire Chapter Events New SFTE West Palm Beach Chapter Start Up Dr. Lester InghamSM (peeking in lower left) hosts the first informal meeting of the new West Palm Beach Chapter that is being started in Florida. The location is known for the Sikorsky Flight Test Center and Pratt & Whitney test center. The new chapter plans for monthly meetings at the Twisted Trunk on PGA. SFTE Tech Council Webinar Flight Test Safety Lessons Learned Part 2 of 2 17 April, 1-2:30 pm EST Challenger CL-600 - Jim MartinSM B-1A G-650 • Open to all government, industry, individuals, and societies (e.g. AIAA, SAE, AHS) • Both sessions will be recorded and shared openly for testers to review anytime • Content can be freely used for any other venue and to spur internal discussions that cannot be openly shared on our venue • Recurrent training that supplements basic training in FT safety, crew resource management, FAA orders, etc. • Public content so may not contain certain details available in closed-door conferences SFTE 50th International Symposium 10-14 June 2019 Toulouse, France In conjunction with the European Test & Telemetry Conference (ETTC) with admission allowing attendance to both events Symposium Website http://www.sfte-symposium-2019.com/en/index.html Registration is OPEN Scientific Program Technical papers selected for presentation in Toulouse: Author Organisation Position Title Joao O. FalcaoM International Instructor Successful examples of Design of Test Pilot Experiments methodology School Canada applied to Helicopter Ltd Performance Flight Tests Dominique Airbus Head of Development Flight Tests Airbus Helicopters (AH) Flight FournierM Helicopters Test Safety Management System Antoine Van GentSM Philippe BagurM Airbus Vice-President Flight and Engineering NH90 Flight Tests Helicopters Test Centre Brian KishM Florida Chair of Florida Tech’s Flight Test A New Definition of “Entry-Level” Institute of Engineering Program Flight Test Engineer Based on Technology Training and Education at the University Level Reid Mccaul AeroTech Inc Rebecca - manager of the test Flight Test as a Service Rebecca HatteryM engineering team at AeroTEC, Inc. Reid - Flight Test Engineer. Ryan TurgeonM Naval Air Air vehicle flight test and evaluation Rapid-Paced T-45 Physiological LT Jonathan Warfare division Episode Flight Testing Larsen Center Aircraft Division Brian MaislerM Scaled Test Pilot Flight Test Results of Turning Composites Regressions for Angle of Attack Dependent Air Data Error Dilli Babu Aircraft Wing Commander M Dilli Babu - USING EYE GAZE TRACKER TO Pradipta Biswa Systems and Flight Test Engineer AUTOMATICALLY ESTIMATE PILOTS’ Testing Pradipta Biswas - Assistant COGNITIVE LOAD Establishment, Professor at the Centre for Product Indian Air Design and Manufacturing and Force affiliated faculty at the Robert Indian Bosch Centre for Cyber Physical Institute of Systems of Indian Institute of Science Science Major Bruno Embraer Major Bruno Giordano de Oliveira Comparative Assessment of Tower Giordano de Silva- Flight Test Engineer Flyby, Orbits, and Cloverleaf Air Data Oliveira Silva Lieutenant Gustavo Henrique de Calibration Methods Lieutenant Mendonça Ferreira Filho - Gustavo Technical Support Division of IPEV Henrique de Nelson Paiva Oliveira Leite - Mendonça program manager for the Ferreira Filho development and integration of Nelson Paiva advanced fight test tools for IPEV. Oliveira Leite Captain Riley USAF Four key competencies for safe, Livermore effective, and efficient flight testing Captain Richard of autonomous aircraft systems AgbeyiborM Michael L. Naval Air Technical Fellow Testing Highly Autonomous McDanielM Warfare Unmanned Aircraft Center, Aircraft Division, NAS Patuxent River, MD 20670 Rudolf Airbus Flight Test Engineer Recent developments in flight BISCHOFFM Defence and test of unmanned vehicles at Space Airbus Defence & Space Germany Brian M. JonesM The Boeing Flight Test Engineer DEALING WITH THE Hunter J. BlochM Company UNEXPECTED: A CASE STUDY FROZEN IN TIME Tuan Do Airbus Lead FTE How an Icing campaign for an A380 Fying Test Bed resulted in an AOG in a remote area Paul RileyM Gulfstream Flight Test Engineer The Importance of Engine Maturity: Why Extensive Flying Testbed Campaigns Are Critical to Aircraft Certification Programs Darren G. Airbus and Darren G. McDonald - FTE A Modern Day Saga: How Flight Test McDonaldSM, Boeing Hugues Van Der Stichel - Test Returned to Iceland Boeing Pilot Hugues Van Der Philippe Genissel - Flight Test StichelM, Airbus Specialist Philippe Genissel, Airbus Zach MacCarley Mitsubishi Test Pilot Flight Test of a Japanese Airplane Regional Jet in the American Northwest Philippe Airbus LFTE Testing an aircraft in the world FOUCAULT widest climatic chamber Israel López Airbus Engineer in Airbus Defence and C130 Reference Jumps. Spain- Herreros Defence and Space / Flight Test Methods and France-Belgium Cooperation Space Tools Jonas RydbergM SAAB Berne Strand - Flight test engineer. The international collaboration Berne Strand Jonas Rydberg - flight test engineer challenge – with respect to a flight test engineer of the Gripen E Philippe Seve Airbus Flight Test Engineer BLADE Floris Bremmers NLR Development of flight test Multidisciplinary design- and instrumentation. validation challenges of an aircraft water SCOoping DEVice Jawanza BassueM Gulfstream FTE Immersive Reality in the Flight Test Conor DentonM FTE Environment Didier Poisson Thales Didier Poisson - Experimental Test Flight testing a Head Worn (PEXA THALES) Pilot Display - The challenges of Patrice MalotM Patrice Malot – Lead Flight Test introducing novel avionic (LFTE THALES) Engineer equipment in civil aircraft Social Program Tuesday June 11th Welcome Reception Congress Center Participants and accompanying persons are kindly invited to join this event. Hours : 18h00 Wednesday Evening June 12th Guided Tour and Reception Downtown Toulouse The visit to the historic heart of Toulouse offers a concentration of emblematic monuments: the Capitole, the Saint-Sernin basilica, the Jacobins convent and the Bernuy hotel! Then, you can join the restaurant "Le Florida" around 20h00 to attend the cocktail. Meeting Point: Capitole square entrance (on the square side and not garden side) Hours: Guided tour between 18h00 to 19h30 and Dinner at 20h00 Price included in the registration fees for participants Thursday Afternoon June 13 th Aeroscopia Museum Meeting Point: Compans Caffarelli at the entrance of the Hotel Mercure Hours: Shuttle bus departure at 15h00 (After the visit, shuttle bus will drive you to the restaurant for gala dinner) Price included in the registration fees for participants Thursday evening June 13th Gala dinner Restaurant "Les Ecuries de la Tour" In a typical Toulouse setting, enjoy the charm and tranquility of the countryside. Shuttle bus provided for participants from Aeroscopia to the restaurant, then return to the congress center after the dinner Hours: 18h30 Price included in the registration fees for participants Friday Morning June 14th Airbus Visit Register early to secure your place Meeting Point: Compans Caffarelli at the entrance of the Hotel Mercure Hours: Shuttle bus departure at 8h30 - The visit will last until 12h00. The shuttle will drop you back to the congress center after the visit Registration Now OPEN Registration before Registration after Registration fees, VAT included April 15, 2019 April 15, 2019 Non Member fee 650 € 700 € Members fee 600 € 650 € Speaker fee 500 € 550 € Members iPay fee* 300 € 300 € Short courses (Per course, Max 2 courses) 40 € 40 € Accompanying person : Aeroscopia Museum & Gala 90 € 90 € Dinner Accompanying person : Guided tour