April 2016 LA-LV AIAA Dinner Program: Aviation Safety

Presentation by                           Seymour (Sy) Levine                                        Dinner Meeting                                       Tuesday, April 5th, 2016      The talk will discuss how there is a common solution for preventing the vast majority of  crashes that can readily be implemented that will enhance commercial aviation safety and security while reducing cost. Discussion will encompass the major air disasters including 9/11, AirFrance Flt 447, Malaysia Airlines Flt MH370, Germanwings Flt 9525 and others.       Seymour (Sy) Levine is a Professional Engineer.  He was formerly Chief Engineer of Northrop’s Electronic Division  He holds sixteen patents, ranging from inertial navigation through holography.  One early patent was for the  first commercial inertial navigation system, INS,  which was put aboard Pan American aircraft.  It dramatically changed commercial aircraft navigation and safety.  The INS is presently used on all large commercial aircraft.  He was also the chief scientist aboard the USS Ethan Allen submarine – the one used in “The Hunt for Red October”- during its maiden voyage.  Mr. Levine has been a guest lecturer for the Institute of Navigation (ION), has authored numerous papers, and won numerous awards in aviation safety.  In 1999 he presented a paper on Remote Aircraft Flight Recorder  and Its Ability to Reduce Fatal Air Accidents by 78%  at the NTSB International Conference on Transportation Recorders.  His work in this area is the result of sending a friend and Northrop colleague, PhD software engineer, Dave Garber, on a work assignment who died in the USAir, Flt 427, 1994, Aliquippa crash.   Please RSVP by Friday, April 1 if you wish to order dinner.