European Flight Test Safety Award

European Flight Test Safety Award of the first recipient Dr. Dieter Reisinger

The European Flight Test Safety Award was created after the fatal accident of test pilot Gérard Guillaumaud by his fiancée Heidi Biermeier. The regulations of the award state that recipients must be individuals who made significant contributions in the area of safety within flight testing.

Award Ceremonies

The award was first granted in October 2007 in London at the end of the 1st European Flight Test Safety Workshops. The workshop is hosted by the Flight Test Safety Committee of Society of Experimental Test Pilots (SETP) and of Society of Flight Test Engineers (SFTE). In London the workshop was held in the premises of the Royal Aeronautical Society. The recipient is nominated by a jury, consisting of three flight test experts. Up to now the award was granted twice. In November 2008 the workshop was held in Amsterdam, 2009 in Vienna and 2010 it will be held in London again. The North American Flight Test Safety Workshop 2010 will be held in San Jose, California.

Recipients

• 2007 Dipl.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. MSc Dieter W. Reisinger (Austrian Airlines)
• 2008 Gérard Temme of CertiFlyer B.V.
• 2009 Patrick L. Svatek, (Flight test engineer at NAVAIR)
• 2010

External links

• Website Flight Test Safety Committee
• Flight Test Safety Workshop 2009 in Vienna
• Flight Test Safety Workshop, May 2010 in San Jose, California
• Society of Experimental Test Pilots