The 2023-2025 Board of Directors of the European Chapter
2023 Rome SFTE EC Symposium. From left to right: R. Karassi, S. Rommel, Koks, N.N. Caccavo and A. Ramazzotti
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Paul KOKS - President |
- BSc Aeronautical Engineering University of Applied Sciences Haarlem
- Senior R/D Engineer and Flight Test Engineer NLR- Royal Netherlands Aerospace
- Completed several master courses at Cranfield and Kansas University on Flight Testing and Certification
- Project Lead for the RNLAF F-16 Test Aircraft J-066 Orange Jumper
- From 2012 thru 2014 contributed to the establishment of NLR’s Research Aircraft Design Organisation (DOA) and since 2014 active as a Design and Certification Engineer
- From 2016 until 2019 promoted head of NLR’s Section Flight Test Support
- Since April 2020 Head of Flight Test and Certification department, NLR- Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre
- Since July 2020 appointed Head of NLR’s Design Organisation
- Since 2019 onwards President of the SFTE European Chapter
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Nunzio Nicola CACCAVO - Vice President |
- MSc at Politecnico di Bari in Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Bari
- Pilot, Italian Airforce
- Project Leader, R&D Powertrain Project Engineer, Toyota Motor Europe NV SA
- Flight Test Engineer Training, ITPS
- Experimental Lead Flight Test Engineer, Fokker Services B.V., The Netherlands
- EASA Technical Approver for Safety in Flight Testing
- Lead Flight Test Engineer, Airbus Toulouse Area, France
- Vice President, Society of Flight Test Engineers, European Chapter since October 2021
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Sebastian ROMMEL - Treasurer |
- Diploma Engineer, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Technische Universität Dresden
- International Test Pilots School, EASA CAT.1 Flight Test Engineer
- National Test Pilot School, Flight Test Engineer
- Team Lead FTE Combat Aircraft, Manching, Bayern, Deutschland
- Airbus Defence and Space, Flight Test Engineer
- Treasurer of the SFTE European Chapter since 2018
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Raluca KARASSI-RADULESCU - Secretary |
- Faculty of Law and International Relations, University of Bucharest
- LLMs in International Humanitarian Law and International Aviation Law
- 23 years in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania
- Diplomatic postings in Vienna (International Organizations), Brussels (NATO) and The Hague (International Tribunals)
- Point of Contact at NATO Headquarters of the Romanian Taskforce for Organizing the NATO 2008 Summit
- Deputy Diplomatic Advisor to the Prime Minister of Romania
- Head of Staff to the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania
- Secretary of the SFTE European Chapter since May 2023
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Christian BUCK – Director at large |
- University Degree, Scandinavian Academy of Aeronautics
- Flight Test Engineer, Flight Control Laws and Flight Dynamics, JAS 39 Gripen, Saab, Sweden
- Manager Avionics and Weapons Testing, Department Flight Test and Verification, Saab, Sweden
- Senior Advisor, Flight Test Engineering, Saab, Sweden
- Vice President of the SFTE European Chapter between 2007 and 2011
- President of the SFTE European Chapter between 2011 and 2015
- Director at large for the SFTE European Chapter since 2015
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Alessandro RAMAZZOTTI – Director at large |
- BASc and MSc at Politecnico di Milano in Aerospace Engineering
- Winner of National University Prize Ancillotto 2014 for best Italian Master Thesis
- Flight Test Conductor in Leonardo Aviation Division for production and experimental flight tests (SF260, MB339, and M346)
- Flight Test Engineer for Piaggio Aerospace in the following manned programmes MPA and P180
- Flight Test Engineer for Piaggio Aerospace in P1HH HammerHead unmanned program
- Flight Test Engineer for Beechcraft Berlin Aviation GmbH on King Air family mods
- 1st flight as Flight Test Conductor of MPA and P1HH
- 1st flight as Flight Test Engineer on board the flight test bed of the GE Catalyst advanced turboprop
- Experience in CS23 manned and unmanned, military and civil aircraft, and CS-E
- Lead Flight Test Engineer at Heart Aerospace AB for the project electric hybrid aircraft ES30
- Director at Large for SFTE European Chapter since May 2023
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Jim FAWCETT- SFTE Technical Council Member |
- MEng Aeronautics and Astronautics with European Studies, University of Southampton and ENSICA
- EPNER EASA CAT.2 Flight Test Engineer, 3000 flight hours
- Airbus flight test support engineer for wing structure, fuel systems and landing gear [1999-2002]
- Senior flight test instrumentation engineer for Airbus A320 family and A380 [2002-2006]
- Lead Flight Test Engineer for Airbus:
- reception and delivery flights Toulouse and Hamburg [2006-2012]
- development and certification specialist in Toulouse, working on radios, SATCOM, datalink, connectivity, radio-navigation, flight management systems, overall aircraft maturity on all Airbus aircraft types
- 1st flight crew member for A321LR, ACJ320neo, ACJ319neo projects
- Member of the Royal Aeronautical Society since 1995
- Senior Member of the SFTE since 2008, more than 10 papers presented at symposia since 2011
- SFTE Technical Council member since 2017
