by Barbra Wood
During the chapter business meeting at Marcel Dassault in Paris, June 1989, Wim
said, among other things, that the Chapter was now on the road to continued success
and the future looked good for increased membership and support for further
symposia in Europe.
Having seen all this happen he would now be stepping down from the office of
President to take up full retirement. He had enjoyed every moment of the forming of
the Chapter and felt a great satisfaction on its success. Wim expressed his thanks to
all Chapter members for their help and support and addressed those present
regarding election of new officers. Erwin Reil and Ken Chilvers had offered to serve
for a further two years.
On the question of a new President, Gösta Niss had been nominated while regarding
the Vice President, a ballot by all members present was carried out to elect a new
Vice President.
Based on the result of the count Giuseppe Ferretti was elected as new Vice President
and welcomed to the Committee. Wim handed over the SFTE European Chapter
shield to Gösta and wished him well for the future as President.
The second Board (1989-91) of SFTE European Chapter, therefore, consisted of:
Gösta Niss | President
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Giuseppe Ferretti | Vice President
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Ken Chilvers | Secretary
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Erwin Reil | Treasurer
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Board meeting at SAAB; (from left to right: Giuseppe Ferretti, Gösta Niss, and Erwin Reil)
In the course of this term, Giuseppe Ferretti, Vice-President left his charge as Alenia
Flight Test Manager, being requested to take over a larger responsibility in his
Company. For this reason he had to retire from the Board (but still remaining a SFTE
member).
Pierluigi Duranti, Alenia Flight Test Engineering Manager, took over as Vice-
President.
At the closure of the 4th Mini-Symposium, during the Business Meeting held in
Pratica di Mare (Rome), Ken Chilvers resigned as Secretary/Membership Chairman.
The other three committee members, Gösta, Pierluigi and Erwin, agreed to run for
another term and were re-elected, unopposed.
There were two nominations for the Secretary/Membership Chairman post and, after
due process, Barbara Wood was elected.
The 1991-93 Board, therefore, consisted of:
Gösta Niss | President
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Pierluigi Duranti | Vice-President
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Barbara Wood | Secretary
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Erwin Reil | Treasurer
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Franz Enzinger | Technical Council representative
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Left to right: Gösta Niss, Erwin Reil, Barbara Wood, Pierluigi Duranti, and Franz Enzinger
In the course of this term, Gösta Niss proposed, and the Board fully agreed, to
enlarge the national representation in the committee. After the business meeting in
Munich Jan van Twisk was then nominated Director at large, representing the
Netherlands.
At the end of the 6th Symposium (September 93) in Cranfield, Gösta Niss had to
retire, as required by the SFTE bylaws which prevents a president from remaining in
charge longer than two terms.
As new committee members were elected for the term 1993-95 (from left to right in
the photo):
Pierluigi Duranti | President
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Franz Enzinger | Vice-President
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Barbara Wood | Secretary
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Gerhard Henselmann | Treasurer
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Jan van Twisk | Director at large
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Bengt Oredsson | Director at large
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On June 22, 1995, at the annual business meeting, Franz Enzinger (Germany) was
elected as the fourth President of the European Chapter. The composition of the
board for the term 1995-1997 was:
Franz Enzinger | President
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Barbara Wood | Vice-President
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Hilbert Gustafsson | Secretary
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Gerhard Henselmann | Treasurer
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Guy Destarac | Director at large
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Pierluigi Duranti | Director at large
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Bengt Oredsson | Director at large
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Jan van Twisk | Director at large
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The composition of the board for the term 1997-1999 was:
Franz Enzinger | President
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Barbara Wood | Vice-President
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C. Meinhard Schmücker | Treasurer
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Hilbert Gustafsson | Secretary
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Pierluigi Duranti | Director at large
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Bengt Oredsson | Director at large
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Guy Destarac | Director at large
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Sam Storm Van Leeuwen | Director at large
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In 1998 Pierluigi Duranti was replaced as Director at Large by Rodolfo Carabelli, Italy,
head of Alenia Flight Test.
Some of the board members during a visit to DERA in 1998.
(From Left to right: P. Duranti, H. Gustafsson, B. Oredsson, B. Wood, John Mabberley (Managing
Director of DERA Tec.), G. Destarac, Franz Enzinger, M. Schmcker)
At the Annual Business Meeting in Delft, June 1999, the following Chapter Board
Members were elected for the term 1999 - 2001:
Barbara Wood | President
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Bengt Ordesson | Vice-President
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C. Meinhard Schmücker | Treasurer
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Paul Ellis | Secretary
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Rodolfo Carabelli | Director at Large
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Dennis Morley | Director at Large
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Guy Destarac | Director at Large
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Sam Storm Van Leeuwen | Director at Large
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The 2001-2003 Chapter Board, elected at the Chapter Business Meeting on December
2001 in Söderköping, Sweden, was as follows:
Barbara Wood | President
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Kjell Karlsson | Vice-President
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C. Meinhard Schmücker | Treasurer
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Paul Ellis | Secretary
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Alessandro Ferretti | Director at Large
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Dennis Morley | Director at Large
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Pascal Joly | Director at Large
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Henk Jentink | Director at Large
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The 2005-2007 Chapter Board was as follows:
Pascal Joly | President
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Allessandro Ferretti | Vice-President
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Rudolf Heinzinger | Treasurer
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Lars-Åke Holm | Secretary
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C. Meinhard Schmücker | Director at Large
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Kjell Karlsson | Director at Large
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Dennis Morley | Director at Large
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Barbara Wood | Director at Large
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Henk Jentink | Director at Large
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