Perry Comeau, Chief Test Pilot at the National Research Council (NRC)'s Flight Research Lab and Chairman of the Canadian Section of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots (SETP)

The symposium day begins with a nice continental breakfast

"A Tail of Two Tails" was presented by Tim Leslie

"Flight-Testing the Voyageur Dash-8 Airborne Fire Fighter" by John Maris and Paul Vajda of Cert Center Canada

David Lohse, CEO of the International Test Pilots School (ITPS) Canada and symposium moderator for the morning session

"Navigating Human Factors Airworthiness Across Regulators: One Test Pilot's Takeaway", by Huizhong "Chris" Zhang of the Civil Aviation Administration of China

"Missing the Forest for the Trees - Testing and Evaluating the F-16 Automatic Pitch Rocker", by Major Timothy Doig of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), Conor Most of Lockheed-Martin, and Billie Flynn of the International Test Pilots School Canada

Lunch time! Bryan Carrothers has perhaps the most important task, as the Canadian Section's Treasurer & Venue Coordinator: making sure we're all well-fed 😋

Andre Celere, President of the Canada Chapter of the Society of Flight Test Engineers (SFTE) and symposium moderator for the afternoon session

"Expanding the Envelope of the Aircraft and Tester: CF-18 High AoA Centreline Stores Testing and Lessons We Learned (Again)" by Captain Riley Carson of the RCAF

"Flight Test Safety Brief" by Peter Earle of the NRC and and Major Steve Huntley of the RCAF's Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment (AETE)

"Sealand RED Beaver" by test pilot Jim Watson

"Flight Test Preparation for the ACE Aircraft" by Bennett Leong of ITPS Canada

Update on the Society by Kelly Latimer, SETP President

Keynote Speaker was storied test pilot Walter lstchenko, Sr. Consultant at lstchenko Aerospace Consulting, Inc.

So many great presentations again this year! Bennett Leong of ITPS Canada won the award for delivering the best one

The Symposium concludes with yet another nice buffet...

...and a complimentary refreshment

Adam Lowes, test pilot and Vice Chair of SETP's Canadian Section, getting a late-night lift from the Concordia aerospace team. See you all again next year!