WHEN: Wednesday 20th November 2024, 6.30pm.
WHERE: Air Building, 185 Fanshawe Street, Victoria Park North, Auckland CBD.
– main entrance through the courtyard at the back (harbour side) of the building.
SUBJECT: Lessons learned in experimental flight
SPEAKER: Prospero “Paco” Uybarreta
The November meeting : Venue open at 6pm
Everyone will need to sign in. Please endeavour to turn up 20 mins before the meeting starts.
1830 – Meeting starts – Chairman address followed by seminar on Experience of a Test pilot.
1930 – Formal proceedings finish
Seminar Title: “Lessons Learned from 15+ Years of Experimental Flight Testing”
Synopsis: Prospero “Paco” Uybarreta is an Experimental Test Pilot with 26 years of total aerospace experience and 15 years of Experimental Flight Testing. A graduate of the USAF Test Pilot School, Paco has over 5,300 flight hours in 63 different aircraft models including the X-62, U-2, A-220, and Series 1 Jetpacks. He has been an Experimental Test Pilot for 17 different flight test projects, and is a recipient of SETP Iven C. Kincheloe Award and VFS Frederick L. Feinberg Award for his test pilot work. Paco will share valuable stories and lessons learned from military (unclassified), commercial, and startup aerospace flight test projects.
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