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National Aerospace Library Sound Archive (Andy Sephton 'Flying Historical Aircraft')
The sound recording of Andy Sephton's 2004 lecture to the Royal Aeronautical Society 'Flying Historical Aircraft' has just been added to the National Aerospace Library Sound Archive - a real 'Who's Who' of aviation personalities and historical subjects - and is now available to listen to via the Royal Aeronautical Society's SoundCloud web-site:-
The specific link to the recording is as follows (just click on the arrow button to 'Play') :-
The recording of Andy Sephton's lecture has been released alongside a recording of a historic 1954 lecture by H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh on the key role aviation has played in the development of remote areas of the world and a 1998 lecture by Christopher Bartlett on the evolution of aircraft weapon aiming / sighting technology.
A quick link to the historic lectures and speeches available so far (including Sir Frederick Handley Page, Igor Sikorsky, Jeffrey Quill, Peter Twiss, Charles H. Gibbs-Smith, Andrew Brookes, Silvius Dornier, Sir Richard Glazebrook, Commander Graeme Rowan-Thomson, Keith Hayward, Sir Dermot Boyle, Philip Wills, Chris Yeo, Captain John Cecil Kelly-Rogers, Col. Al Worden, Peter Hearne, Sir George Edwards, Captain John Cecil Kelly-Rogers, John Farley and A. W. 'Bill' Bedford ) is:-
https://soundcloud.com/aerosociety-podcast/sets/classic-lecture-series
A quick link to the extended interviews available so far (including interviews with Captain Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown, Chuck Yeager, Scott Crossfield, Handel Davies, Al White, Bill Humble, Pete Knight, Dick Johnson, Philip Lucas, Peter Bugge, Col. Emil ‘Ted’ Sturmthal, Harald Penrose, John Morton, D. P. Davies, Jeffrey Quill, John Cunningham, Sir Barnes Wallis, R. A. C. Brie, Sir Harry Ricardo and Clayton Knight) is :-
https://soundcloud.com/aerosociety-podcast/sets/an-interview-with
All the historic podcasts released via the National Aerospace Library Sound Archive can also now be downloaded for free via iTunes:-
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/aerosociety-podcast/id1216235459?mt=2
The intention of the National Aerospace Library Sound Archive project is to create a historically significant oral history archive which makes the voices of the past (pilots, engineers, scientists etc.) 'alive' once more to inspire and inform current and future generations and the sound archive has attracted a number of favourable comments / interest via social media.
Please note that if these recordings or extracts from these recordings are to be reproduced in any way (book, journal article, web-site etc.), acknowledgement should be made to the ‘Royal Aeronautical Society (National Aerospace Library)’ as being the source of the original.
Please feel welcome to forward details of these historic aviation recordings to anyone who may be interested.
An online version of an article published in the Royal Aeronautical Society's magazine Aerospace December 2017 which reviews the latest developments with the National Aerospace Library Sound Archive is available via the following web-site:-
https://www.aerosociety.com/news/listen-to-aviation-voices-come-alive/
62nd Annual Symposium & Banquet Survey Results
Click HERE to view the 62nd Annual Symposium & Banquet Survey Results.
October 2018, President's Message
Good day fellow SETP Members. The Board of Directors and I are honored and privileged to serve you and the Society for the upcoming 2018/2019 year.
I must start by recognizing Art “Turbo” Tomassetti for his outstanding leadership and energetic dedication as President over the past year and look forward to his continued support as our Executive Advisor for the coming year.
Looking back, we had a busy and exciting year – lively section Symposia, excellent presentations, great flow of information vital to our profession, and of course, the opportunities to reconnect with old friends and make new ones. 2018 culminated in a fantastic 62nd Symposium and Banquet with 645 in attendance! Rich Lee and his Committee again did an outstanding job and along with our incredible SETP Staff, deserve our thanks for a hugely successful Symposium.
Looking forward, the Board of Directors will focus on a few key goals:
- Our first goal will be to reach potential Members who have not joined our Society. We will revamp and update our new Member material to make it more relevant, and I will encourage our Sections to reach out to non-Members and explain the great benefits this Society has to offer them. We will extend our reach worldwide and provide those untapped flight test organizations with the valuable tools we have readily available. It’s a challenging task but one I strongly believe is worth pursuing.
- Our second goal is to ensure a vibrant future for our Society and that means engaging our youth. Those young, passionate aviation and science enthusiasts deserve our attention and mentorship. STEM is not effective unless we are ALL engaged. As such, my challenge to you is that in the next year, commit four hours – more if you can spare it – to our youth. Participate in school and college career days. Attend or judge science fairs, paper airplane competitions, and other science/aviation related events. Set them on a course that will change their lives forever.
- Our third goal is to continue to care for our own Members, through the support and continual growth of our Critical Incident Response Committee, the Partner’s Handbook, and the Scholarship Foundation.
With the active participation of every SETP Member, the Society will thrive, grow, and become even more valuable and essential than it is today. I ask each of you be an active Member of the Society. I encourage you to attend or volunteer at your local SETP Section Symposium or monthly/quarterly Section meetings. Submit a paper for presentation. Write an article for Cockpit. Contribute to the Society’s Foundations through Amazon Smile when you make internet purchases. Your participation, big or small, will ensure the continued growth and health of the Society.
I thank you for your support and I look forward to a great year. I hope to see each of you over the coming year at the many regional events and, of course, in Anaheim for the 63rd Annual Symposium.
Fly Safe. Be an Active Member. Be a Good Mentor.
Cheers
Maurice “Moe” Girard (F)
President, SETP
National Aerospace Library Sound Archive - A. W. 'Bill' Bedford's 1964 lecture 'The Role of the Test Pilot'
For your information the sound recording of A. W. 'Bill' Bedford's historic 1964 lecture on 'The Role of the Test Pilot' (before a very distinguished audience which includes in the post-lecture discussion the voices of Captain Eric Brown, D. P. Davies, Brian Trubshaw, Sir Sydney Camm and Morien Morgan among others) has just been added to the National Aerospace Library Sound Archive - a real 'Who's Who' of aviation personalities and historical subjects - and is now available to listen to via the Royal Aeronautical Society's SoundCloud web-site (just click on the arrow button to 'Play') :-
The recording of Bill Bedford's lecture - which I believe will be of particular interest to members of the SETP - has been released alongside a 1969 sound recording of Clayton Knight at aged 78 recalling reminiscences from his life and of his flying career with the U.S. Air Service during the First World War and a recent 2018 lecture by aviation historian Peter Reese on the evolution of British aviation during the interwar years.
A quick link to the historic lectures and speeches available so far (including Sir Frederick Handley Page, Igor Sikorsky, Jeffrey Quill, Peter Twiss, Charles H. Gibbs-Smith, Andrew Brookes, Silvius Dornier, Sir Richard Glazebrook, Commander Graeme Rowan-Thomson, Keith Hayward, Sir Dermot Boyle, Philip Wills, Chris Yeo, Captain John Cecil Kelly-Rogers, Col. Al Worden, Peter Hearne, Sir George Edwards and John Farley) is:-
https://soundcloud.com/aerosociety-podcast/sets/classic-lecture-series
A quick link to the extended interviews available so far (including interviews with Captain Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown, Chuck Yeager, Scott Crossfield, Handel Davies, Al White, Bill Humble, Pete Knight, Dick Johnson, Philip Lucas, Peter Bugge, Col. Emil ‘Ted’ Sturmthal, Harald Penrose, John Morton, D. P. Davies, Jeffrey Quill, John Cunningham, Sir Barnes Wallis, R. A. C. Brie and Sir Harry Ricardo) is :-
https://soundcloud.com/aerosociety-podcast/sets/an-interview-with
All the historic podcasts released via the National Aerospace Library Sound Archive can also now be downloaded for free via iTunes:-
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/aerosociety-podcast/id1216235459?mt=2
The intention of the National Aerospace Library Sound Archive project is to create a historically significant oral history archive which makes the voices of the past (pilots, engineers, scientists etc.) 'alive' once more to inspire and inform current and future generations and the sound archive has attracted a number of favourable comments / interest via social media.
Please note that if these recordings or extracts from these recordings are to be reproduced in any way (book, journal article, web-site etc.), acknowledgement should be made to the ‘Royal Aeronautical Society (National Aerospace Library)’ as being the source of the original.
An online version of an article published in the Royal Aeronautical Society's magazine Aerospace December 2017 which reviews the latest developments with the National Aerospace Library Sound Archive is available via the following web-site:-
https://www.aerosociety.com/news/listen-to-aviation-voices-come-alive/
SETP 62nd Annual Symposium - Podcasts and Photo Gallery Now Available
The video podcasts for the 62nd Annual SETP Symposium are now available to view in the Member's Only section of the SETP website.
You will need your username and password to access the podcasts. Click HERE to log in.
Click HERE to view the photo gallery for the Annual Symposium.
National Aerospace Library Sound Archive (John Cecil Kelly-Rogers, Sir George Edwards, John Farley, Al Worden, Peter Hearne)
The latest 'bumper' batch of historic recordings from the National Aerospace Library's archives - a real 'Who's Who' of aviation personalities and historical subjects - has just been released via the Royal Aeronautical Society's SoundCloud site (just click on the arrow button to 'Play')
They include a sound recording of Captain John Cecil Kelly-Rogers' 1964 lecture on his experiences across the Atlantic during the 1930s and 1940s, Sir George Edwards 1972 lecture on the UK aerospace industry, John Farley's 2006 lecture on the evolution of V/STOL aircraft, Col. Al Worden's 1972 lecture 'Apollo 15 - By Command Module Pilot' and the recording of a 2004 lecture by past Royal Aeronautical Society President Peter Hearne HonFRAeS 'The Right Size Matters' surveying from his personal perspective the post-WW2 evolution of British aircraft industry.
A quick link to the historic lectures and speeches available so far (including Sir Frederick Handley Page, Igor Sikorsky, Jeffrey Quill, Peter Twiss, Charles H. Gibbs-Smith, Andrew Brookes, Silvius Dornier, Sir Richard Glazebrook, Commander Graeme Rowan-Thomson, Keith Hayward, Sir Dermot Boyle, Philip Wills and Chris Yeo) is:-
https://soundcloud.com/aerosociety-podcast/sets/classic-lecture-series
A quick link to the extended interviews available so far (including interviews with Captain Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown, Chuck Yeager, Scott Crossfield, Handel Davies, Al White, Bill Humble, Pete Knight, Dick Johnson, Philip Lucas, Peter Bugge, Col. Emil ‘Ted’ Sturmthal, Harald Penrose, John Morton, D. P. Davies, Jeffrey Quill, John Cunningham, Sir Barnes Wallis, R. A. C. Brie and Sir Harry Ricardo) is :-
https://soundcloud.com/aerosociety-podcast/sets/an-interview-with
All the historic podcasts released via the National Aerospace Library Sound Archive can also now be downloaded for free via iTunes:-
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/aerosociety-podcast/id1216235459?mt=2
The intention of the National Aerospace Library Sound Archive project is to create a historically significant oral history archive which makes the voices of the past (pilots, engineers, scientists etc.) 'alive' once more to inspire and inform current and future generations and the sound archive has attracted a number of favourable comments / interest via social media.
Please note that if these recordings or extracts from these recordings are to be reproduced in any way (book, journal article, web-site etc.), acknowledgement should be made to the ‘Royal Aeronautical Society (National Aerospace Library)’ as being the source of the original.
Please feel welcome to forward details of these historic aviation recordings to anyone who may be interested.
An online version of an article published in the Royal Aeronautical Society's magazine Aerospace December 2017 which reviews the latest developments with the National Aerospace Library Sound Archive is available via the following web-site:-
https://www.aerosociety.com/news/listen-to-aviation-voices-come-alive/
62nd Annual S&B Award Winners and 2018 Fellow Class
The Society of Experimental Test Pilots is proud to announce the
Herman R. Salmon Technical Publications Award
(Sponsored by Symbolic Displays)
For the Best Technical Paper published in
Cockpit during the Past Year
“MiG-21 and MiG-23 Qualitative Evaluations”
James "JB" Brown, III (F)
National Test Pilot School
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Friend of the Society Recognition
Jan and Bruce Schell
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Ray E. Tenhoff Award
(Sponsored by Aerospace Services International)
For the Most Outstanding Paper Presented
at the SETP Symposium
“New Frameworks for Risk Management in Flight Test”
Col Douglas Wickert, USAF (AF)
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η Eta Award
(Sponsored by Lockheed Martin)
For the Paper Which Best Exhibits Advancements
in Flight Testing Efficiency and Effectiveness Presented
at the SETP Symposium
“Characterizing Hover Performance Over Sloped Terrain”
John Holder (AF), KBRwyle
John Tritschler, USNTPS
****
Tony LeVier Flight Test Safety Award
(Sponsored by Gentex Corporation)
Terrance Pearce (AM), Bombardier Aerospace
****
J. H. Doolittle Award
(Sponsored by The Boeing Company)
For Excellence in the Technical Management or Engineering Aspects of Aerospace Technology
Mike Carriker (F), The Boeing Company
****
Iven C. Kincheloe Award
(Sponsored by Lockheed Martin)
In Recognition of Outstanding Professional Accomplishment in the Conduct of Flight Testing During the Past Year
James M. Payne (AF), Perlan Project
Airbus Perlan Project
****
2018 Fellows
Kevin Bredenbeck
Michael Bryan
Charles Ellis
Thomas Horne
Norman Howell
David Nils Larson
Ignacio Lombo
Allen Peterson
Michael Preston
Daniel Wells
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Shaking of the Stick
Maurice Girard (F), Bombardier Aerospace
SETP President 2018/2019
