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Summary of the 23th SFTE EC Annual symposium

Amsterdam, Netherlands (2012-06-11/13)
Written by Paul Koks

The 23nd SFTE-EC Annual Symposium took place from June 11 through 13 at the National Aerospace Laboratory NLR in Amsterdam focused on “Flight Testing”. In those three days the NLR and NVvL (The Netherlands Association of Aeronautical Engineers) hosted the 23rd symposium of the European Chapter of the Society of Flight Test Engineers (SFTE EC). The Theme of the symposium was ‘Finding the edge, setting the limits’ thus referring to the ongoing exploration of boundaries during test flights.

The opening of the symposium was performed by Mr. Fred Abbink, former General Director of NLR and president of the NVvL, with a very enthusiastic speech reflecting on a century of aviation in the Netherlands. The organization was very pleased to announce two keynote speakers. Mr. William 'Bill' Coutts (F-35 Flight Test Support & Verification deputy) from Lockheed delivered the first keynote speech focusing on the F-35 programme and Lt-Col. Tjebbe 'Speedy' Haringa (Chief Test Pilot Royal Netherlands Air Force) followed addressing to topic of decline of experience opportunities for young engineers.

The SFTE EC Symposium 2012 - Programme and Registration Information

The 23rd SFTE European Chapter Symposium will be held at National Aerospace Laboratory NLR premises in Amsterdam, The Netherlands from 11th to the 13th of June 2012. The local organization of the symposium is in the hands of the Netherlands Association of Aeronautical Engineers NVvL and National Aerospace Laboratory NLR.

The programme for the SFTE EC Symposium 2012 is now available: Symposium Programme

The SFTE EC Symposium 2012 - Invitation and Registration


The 23rd SFTE European Chapter Symposium will be held at National Aerospace Laboratory NLR premises in Amsterdam, The Netherlands from 11th to the 13th of June 2012. The local organization of the symposium is in the hands of the Netherlands Association of Aeronautical Engineers NVvL and National Aerospace Laboratory NLR.

The SFTE EC Symposium 2012 - Announcement and Call for Papers


The 23rd SFTE European Chapter Symposium will be held at National Aerospace Laboratory
NLR premises in Amsterdam, The Netherlands from the 11th to the 13th of June 2012.
The local organization of the symposium is in the hands of the Netherlands Association of Aeronautical Engineers NVvL and National Aerospace Laboratory NLR.

You and your colleagues / organizations are hereby invited to submit papers for presentation during the symposium.

The theme of the symposium is:
Finding the edge, setting the limits

Chuck Yeager said:”Flight testing is potentially dangerous”. The flight test engineer is challenged to meet the test objectives without compromising flight and system safety.
Preparing a flight test programme requires a solid understanding of the flight tests to be performed, regulatory knowledge, limitation of the aircraft and means to deal with risk analyses and mitigation within his flight test organization. Papers reflecting these challenges will be favoured in the evaluation of papers. The abstract should especially point out the connection to the theme.

Deadline for abstracts: 9 March 2012

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