Aviation Safety and Pilot Control: Understanding and Preventing Unfavorable Pilot-Vehicle Interactions (1997)
Chapter: B Participants in Committee Meetings
Appendix B
Participants in Committee Meetings
In addition to committee members, liaisons, and staff (see page iii), the following individuals participated in meetings held by the Committee on the Effects of Aircraft-Pilot Coupling on Flight Safety. Presentation topics are also listed for outside speakers.
Main Workshop November 27–29, 1995
Speakers
Avoiding Triggers: Pilot Expectations and Human Performance Considerations
Kathy Abbott, Langley Research Center
Key Factors to Cover in Flight- and Ground-Based Simulations
Randall Bailey and Michael Parrag, Calspan Corporation
Simulator Use to Minimize/Eliminate APC Tendencies; Test Pilot Preparation to Test for Aircraft Pilot Coupling
Jon Beesley, Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems
Commercial Airline Operating Experience
Brent Blackwell, American Airlines
Commercial Airline Operating Experience
John Brown, Northwest Airlines
Experience with Ground- and Flight-Based Simulations of APC
Dwain Deets, Dryden Flight Research Center
YF-22 Experience and the F-22 APC Design Process
Jeffrey Harris, Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems
Quantifying the Pilot's Contribution to Flight Safety
John Hodgkinson, McDonnell Douglas
Potential High Altitude Handling Qualities Criteria for Transport Aircraft
Roger Hoh, Hoh Aeronautics
C-17 Flying Qualities and APC Experience during the Development Process
Eric Kendall, McDonnell Douglas Transport Aircraft Research Center
Unified PIO (Pilot-Induced Oscillation) Programs; MIL STD 1797A
Dave Leggett, Wright Laboratory
Comparative Evaluation of Predicted Flying Qualities Boundaries Using Ground and Airborne Simulators
Tom Melody, Douglas Aircraft Company
APC Criteria and Prediction Techniques
Dave Mitchell and Roger Hoh, Hoh Aeronautics
YF-22 Mishap and Discussion of Other PIOs
Dave Moorhouse, Wright Laboratory
Boeing 777 Development and APC Assessment
Tim Nelson, Boeing Commercial Airplane Group
Design, Development, and Certification of the MD-11
Jeff Preston, McDonnell Douglas Aerospace
NTSB Experience with APC in Civil Aircraft Accidents and Incidents
Jim Ritter, National Transportation Safety Board
Critique of the Process
Ralph Smith, High Plains Engineering
Ground and Flight Simulation Capabilities
Rogers Smith, Dryden Flight Research Center
Other Participants
Donald Armstrong, FAA/Los Angeles Aircraft Certification
Irving Ashkenas, National Academy of Engineering
Dan Bower, National Transportation Safety Board
John Clark, National Transportation Safety Board
George Cooper, National Academy of Engineering
J. L. Denning, U.K. Civil Aviation Authority
H. J. Hickey, Jr., U.S. Air Force Aeronautical Systems Center
Tom Imrich, Federal Aviation Administration
Jim Ritter, National Transportation Safety Board
Melvin Rogers, Federal Aviation Administration
Tom Melody, Douglas Aircraft Company
Wayne Thor, Wright Laboratory
Secondary Workshop March 21–22, 1996
Speakers
Recent and Future Aircraft-Pilot Coupling Research at Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Luft-und Raumfahrt e V. (DLR) (Collected Material)
Peter Hamel, DLR
Probing APC Susceptibility through HQDT
LCDR Robert Niewoehner, F-18 E/F Integrated Test Team, U.S. Navy
Unified PIO Program Status Review
Wayne Thor, Wright Laboratory
Other Participants
Guy Thiel, Federal Aviation Administration, Los Angeles Aircraft Certification Office
Southern California Fact-Finding Trip March 18–19, 1996
The committee chairman and NASA technical liaison met with the following individuals during a fact-finding trip to Dryden Fight Research Center, Air Force Flight Test Center, and the National Test Pilot School.
Meeting at Dryden Flight Research Center
Kathy Bahn, Dryden Flight Research Center
John Bosworth, Dryden Flight Research Center
Robert Clarke, Dryden Flight Research Center
Keith Hoffler, Dryden Flight Research Center
Joe Pahle, Dryden Flight Research Center
Patrick Stoliker, Dryden Flight Research Center
Keith Weichman, Dryden Flight Research Center
Meeting at the Air Force Flight Test Center
Yvonne Des Lauriers, Air Force Flight Test Center
Kirk Harwood, Air Force Flight Test Center
Brian Hobbs, Air Force Flight Test Center
Robert Lee, Air Force Flight Test Center
John Manke, Air Force Flight Test Center
Lee Peron, Air Force Flight Test Center
Paul Sorokowski, Air Force Flight Test Center
Tom Speer, Air Force Flight Test Center
Fred Webster, Air Force Flight Test Center
Kathy Wood, Air Force Flight Test Center
Meeting at the National Test Pilot School
Ralph Smith, High Plains Engineering
Sean Roberts, National Test Pilot School
European Fact-Finding Trip April 27-May 7, 1996
The committee chairman and NASA technical liaison met with the following individuals during a fact-finding trip to Europe.
Meeting at Aerospatiale, Toulouse Plant
Dominique Chatrenet, Aerospatiale
Pierre Fabre, Aerospatiale
Christian Favre, Aerospatiale
Jacques Rosay, Airbus Industrie
Meeting at British Aerospace Defence, Military Aircraft Division
Keith McKay, British Aerospace Defence
Chris Fielding, British Aerospace Defence
Andy Holden, British Aerospace Defence
Neil Smith, British Aerospace Defence
Terry D. Smith, British Aerospace Defence
Mike J. Walker, British Aerospace Defence
John Gibson, British Aerospace Defence (retired)
Meeting at U.K. Department of Transport, Air Accidents Investigation Branch
Ken Smart, Air Accidents Investigation Branch
David F. King, Air Accidents Investigation Branch
Dick Vance, Air Accidents Investigation Branch
Jim Passmore, British Airways
Meeting at Saab Military Aircraft
Erik Kullberg, Saab Military Aircraft
Per-Olov Elgcrona, Saab Military Aircraft
John Enhagen, Saab Military Aircraft
Kenneth Erikson, Saab Military Aircraft
Robert Hillgren, Saab Military Aircraft
Lars Rundqwist, Saab Military Aircraft
The committee also benefited from a public lecture on March 4, 1996, by Professor A. V. Efremov, head of the pilot-vehicle laboratory at the Moscow Aviation Institute, during a visit to the United States. The lecture was attended by several committee members.
