Team Members

Giorgio Clementi

ITPS PRESIDENT, TEST PILOT, FLIGHT TEST ENGINEER

Giorgio has 34 years of flying experience, 20 of which have been in flight testing. He holds a postgraduate certificate in Aerospace Engineering from Bristol University in the U.K. and an Airline Transport Pilot Licence. He is a graduate of NTPS 1990, Flight Test Engineer Course.

Giorgio’s flight testing experience as a pilot and flight test engineer spans fixed-wing and helicopter, civil and military. He has been contracted by a number of major aircraft manufacturers on Part 23, 25, 27 and 29 certification projects. In these positions, he worked with the U.K. Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), the Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA), Austro Control of Austria, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and Transport Canada.

Projects have included performance and stability and control flight tests, cockpit workload (AW-139, 109LUH at Agusta), natural icing flight tests (Embraer-145, Alenia C-27J, IPTN CN-235-200, Diamond DA-42), powerplant and systems certification and avionics systems (Grob G-180Spn).

Contracted by Diamond Aircraft to set up a flight test department in Canada, he conducted the initial proof of concept flight test for the D-Jet prototype as well as the whole Diamond piston-engine line.

Giorgio’s military experience includes participating in the flight test of the Mirage IIIBZ upgrade for the South African Air Force. Subsequent experience includes stores certification and weapons testing, navigation systems, targeting pod and laser warning receiver tests.

Giorgio has over 24 years of experience training test pilots and flight test engineers and in designing and managing military training programs for customers from around the world. He has flown over 3,000 hours on more than 60 aircraft types. Giorgio is a member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots and a member of the Society of Flight Test Engineers.

Adam T. Lowes

Adam Lowes has 17 years of flight test experience with the Canadian Forces and has recently retired from the Royal Canadian Air Force after 26 years of service. A 2004 graduate from the United States Test Pilot School and a proponent of life-long-learning, he holds a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering and a Graduate Diploma in Business. Adam has had the privilege of flying the venerable Sea King for eight years which included operational deployments spanning the globe. Adam was instrumental in the testing and conversion of the Sea King to ANVIS compatible lighting and during the past 17 years, he has conducted extensive evaluations on IR countermeasures and door guns including the Dillon M134, GAU-21 (M3M), and C-6 GPMG. He has also evaluated multiple EO/IR sensors and Helmet Mounted Displays. During his last four years in the Canadian Forces, Adam worked exclusively in developmental flight test on the CH148 Cyclone helicopter which included: performance, Handling Qualities, Fly-By-Wire/Flight Director mission mode development (Sonar Cable Angle Hold and Crew Hover), icing and avionics. He was the lead Canadian Forces test pilot for Shipboard Helicopter Operating Limits which culminated in five months at sea establishing the day, night and aided envelopes of the CH148 for the Halifax Class Frigate.

Constantin Stan

Constantin STAN has over twenty years FTE/Test Pilot experience in flight test and certification (Military, Part 23 & 25). He is a former Romanian Air Force (RoAF) fighter pilot with experience on Mig-23 and MiG-29 fighters. He is a graduate of the Polytechnic University in Bucharest with a degree in Aerospace Engineering (Structures). Whilst in the RoAF Constantin was employed at the Romanian Armaments Test Center, participating in development, planning and test execution of indigenous air-delivered weapons (bombs, missiles and aerial targets). He consulted on the MiG-21 Lancer upgrade program. Constantin was employed as Sr. Flight Test Engineering Specialist with MITSUBISHI REGIONAL JET where he participated in certification flight tests of the MRJ for JCAB and FAA. Previously Constantin was employed at BOMBARDIER AEROSPACE participating in the flight testing of the CSeries 100/300 as Sr. FTE Specialist during certification flights with Transport Canada and FAA. His Part 23 certification experience was gained at DIAMOND AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES where he was employed as an Engineering Test Pilot/FTE during development of the D-Jet, five seats single engine (FJ-33) VLJ and undertook Flutter (MMO and VMO) flight testing, Performance & Flight Characteristics; Systems testing as well as DA-42L (multiengine), Lycoming STC flight tests including Flutter (VD), Performance & Flight Characteristics as well as Certification flights with TC and FAA. Other projects included the DA-40F, Spin certification (EASA) and DA 20 ASPEN and GARMIN Glass cockpit, testing and Certification (TC). Stan has flown over 2800 hours of which over 900 have been in experimental flight tests and holds Canadian and FAA ATPL licenses. He is a Member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots.

João Falcão

João Otávio Falcão has almost 10 years of flight test experience and aerospace engineering research with the Brazilian Air Force. João is a graduate with honours as best student of the 2010 Brazilian Flight Test Course (CEV – EFEV). He graduated with a BSc in Aeronautical Engineering and subsequently a Master in Flight Mechanics from the Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, in Brazil. João was responsible for evaluating and certifying the Brazilian new versions of the H225M Caracal helicopter basic vehicle, SAR and the presidential VIP version. During his career as a flight test engineer in the Brazilian Air Force, he flew approximately 550 hours which included experimental test flights covering performance, handling qualities, mission systems and weapons testing. In parallel, he was an Instructor of the Brazilian Flight Test School (EFEV) for 6 years lecturing on Aerodynamics, Performance, Automatic Flight Control System, Rotor Characteristics and Flying Qualities for the Brazilian Acceptance and Flight Test Course. He was also Chief of  the Flight Test Section of Brazilian Aerospace Product Certification Division, coordinating the H225M Brazilian Air Force Operational Version certification process and working on the following Brazilian military certification processes: H225M Brazilian Navy Operational version, AS-365K2, KC-390 (Embraer), Gripen NG (Saab), F-5 modernization, A-1 modernization and C-295 SAR version. João has presented flight test technical papers at European Rotorcraft Forum (ERF), American Helicopter Society (AHS) International Annual Forum and and has been published in international journals. He has flown more than 25 fixed and rotary wings aircraft types.