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SpaceX’s Starhopper prototype briefly hovers during first free flight – South TexasLast night SpaceX successfully test flew the prototype for its Starship rocket, which CEO Elon Musk says will one day take passengers to Mars. The Starhopper vehicle is more than 60 feet tall and about 30 feet wide. It attempted a flight Wednesday night, but that test was abruptly ended after ignition. Thursday's test was more successful, with Starhopper taking off and hovering for roughly 20 seconds, traveling about 20 meters, or 65 feet. Musk said Starhopper would attempt a 200-meter hop (219 yards) in "a week or two." Starhopper is an early test prototype for Starship, a much larger vehicle designed to land on the moon and Mars. Starship's current design puts it at 400 feet tall, and Musk has said it will be able to ferry 100 people plus 100 metric tons of cargo to Mars. Business Insider

Flight Test Report: Colomban Jet Cri-Cri - UKBob Grimstead from Pilot Magazine provides a test report on the world's smallest twin-jet designed by aeronautical engineer Michel Colomban and built by former

South Africans Sakkie Van Heerden and Davie Botes. They are serial homebuilders and the progenitor of a whole family of very efficient designs.

Chapter News

The SFTE & AIAA North Texas Chapters, SETP Southwest Section, Lockheed Martin Interns, UT Arlington & Texas A&M Rocket Teams, and other volunteers collaborated on the “Flight Test Range” again this year at the Frontiers of Flight Museum at Dallas Love Field. Engineers and test pilots helped kids make paper airplanes, measure time and distance when flown on the flight test range, and analyze and report the data by computing velocity. SETP members provided expert pointers on the fine art of launching paper airplanes. Two F-35 laptop flight simulators were also provided by Lockheed Martin.

Nathan Neblett (M)

SFTE North Texas VP Ian MarksM & Dwayne Opella (M)

SETP Southwest Section Chair Tom Currie (AF) with Paul Metz (F) & Mark Shackelford (M) L to R

Moon Day Afternoon VolunteersSFTE North Texas Sect-Treasurer Dana JohnsonSM far left SETP Southwest Section Treasurer John Brodnicki (AF) back row flight suit

Apollo 7 Command Module & Walt Cunningham (M) flight suit

SFTE President James SergeantF

Seattle ChapterHappy Hour24 July 2019

Odin Brewery

SFTE/ SETP/AIAA Southwest Aerospace Symposium6-7 Sept. 2019 University of Texas at ArlingtonCall for Presentations!Please provide a short abstract of your presentation by replying to this email. Time will be 20 minutes for presentation and 5 minutes for Q&A.Abstracts due 31 July

MGen (Ret.) Charlie BoldenFormer NASA Administrator & Space Shuttle CommanderKeynote SpeakerNASA Bio

Tentative Schedule

Friday 6 Sept.1100-1300 Tech Tours (Choose 1)Bell Flight Test Tour (V-280)Lockheed Martin F-35 Production Line Tour1800 – SAE/AIAA Student Presentations

Saturday 7 Sept.0800 Continental Breakfast0900 Morning Presentations1130 BBQ Luncheon & Keynote1330 Afternoon Presentations1630 Reception1700 Aero Mavs & Formula SAE Tours

SFTE 50 th International Symposium Proceedings 10-14 June 2019Toulouse, FranceWe are pleased to make available the papers from the SFTE 2019 International Symposium in Toulouse. These papers are provided to you as part of your SFTE Membership and are intended for your personal use. Please use the following link (available until 30 July) and password to access the files. https://fizz.inp-toulouse.fr/hvnozdc password : passSFTE2019! Best Regards, Your Organizers of SFTE 2019

Job OpportunitiesFlight Test Engineer - Patuxent River, MDAGI is searching for an engineer with an aerospace background to directly support customers using AGI’s Test and Evaluation (T&E) Toolkit at customer locations in the Patuxent River, MD area. This engineer must have a desire to make a meaningful contribution to the aerospace and defense community and possess the technical and interpersonal skills required to do so in a fast-paced work environment. A background in test and evaluation (air worthiness and mission system test), statistics, modeling and simulation, and software scripting (MATLAB, Python, and/or Perl—comprehensive list below) is

preferred. Experience with AGI’s Systems Toolkit (STK) software is also preferred. You will have the opportunity to learn the T&E Toolkit which runs on STK. Clearance at DOD Secret or a recent background investigation is required.Please apply at: http://search8.smartsearchonline.com/agi/jobs/jobdetails.asp?job_number=383

MembershipSFTE Total Membership = 115050th Anniversary Member Renewal Items for 2019!Make sure you renew your membership this year to receive the following member items to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of SFTE.Don’t worry, if you would like to renew early to receive your items early your membership will be extended from its annual due date.

50th Anniversary Patch for all Members

50th Anniversary Personalized Member Certificate for Members, Senior Members, and FellowsThis classic format from the beginning of SFTE returns but with the special 50 th Anniversary logo designed by the SFTE Coastal Empire Chapter.

Welcome New Corporate Member!

Analytical Graphics Inc.http://agi.com/homeSoftware for engineers, operators, analysts, and developers working on land, sea, air, and space systems. Helping aerospace and defense organizations rapidly solve today’s most difficult engineering and mission challenges.

Join/Renew SFTE membership SFTE Member Level denoted as Exponent (SETP in parenthesis)ST - Student MemberAL – Affiliate Member AS – Associate MemberM – MemberSM – Senior MemberF – Fellow(HF) – Honorary Fellow(PAM) - Provisional Associate Member For more info on SFTE member grades & to apply for upgrade:http://www.sfte.org/membership-individual/

2019 Calendar2 August SFTE/SETP North Texas Chapter - 1st Friday at the Flying Saucer, Fort Worth, 6pm13 AugustSouth Florida Chapter - Pete Meir talks about building the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM), Southern Pig & Cattle Co., Stuart, FL, 6pm14 AugustWright Chapter with Great Lakes SETP Section social/beer call at the Troll Pub, 216 Wayne Ave, Dayton OH 4 – 7 PM15 AugustSouth Florida Chapter – Monthly Meeting at Twisted Trunk on PGA6-7 September SFTE/SETP/AIAA Southwest Aerospace Symposium, Keynote MGEN Charlie Bolden, UT Arlington, TX 19 September South Florida Chapter – Monthly Meeting at Twisted Trunk on PGA4 October SFTE/SETP North Texas Chapter - 1st Friday at the Flying Saucer, Fort Worth, 6pm17 October South Florida Chapter – Monthly Meeting at Twisted Trunk on PGA1 November SFTE/SETP North Texas Chapter - 1st Friday at the Flying Saucer, Fort Worth, 6pm21 NovemberSouth Florida Chapter – Monthly Meeting at Twisted Trunk on PGA6 December SFTE/SETP North Texas Chapter - 1st Friday at the Flying Saucer, Fort Worth, 6pm12-13 December 8th Annual ITPS Flight Test SeminarLondon, OntarioFREE to SETP and SFTE Members. Contact Lorri McKibbin (lorri@itpscanada.com) for registration and info

2020 Calendar

4-7 MaySFTE/SETP/AIAA Flight Test Safety Workshop, Denver, COFall 51st Annual SFTE Symposium – St. Louis, MO

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