Dieter Reisinger

Dipl.-Ing., Dr.-Ing., "Master of Science in Flight Test and Evaluation"

 

Professional Experience

• Flight Training for fixed wing and helicopters mainly in the US.
• Airline Transport Pilot License at Austrian Aviation Training Academy in Graz, Austria
• 1986-1991: Aeronautical Engineering, University of Technology in Munich. Graduation as "Dipl.- Ing."
• Graduate of "Verwaltungs- und Wirtschaftsakademie" (economic studies (VWA)), Munich
• Research Scientist at University of the Armed Forces, Neubiberg, Germany in the years to follow. Focus on preliminary aircraft design and supersonic aerodynamics
• Doctoral thesis on shock wave/boundary layer interactions from UniBW, Neubiberg (Prof. W. Staudacher)
• Graduate of the National Test Pilot School (NTPS), Mojave, Kalifornien, USA as "Master of Science in Flight Test and Evaluation"
• Member of the Cockpit Development Task Force at Fairchild Dornier during the FD728 program
• Member of the Task Force "Aeronautical Information Manual - Flight Test" (= Luftfahrttechnisches Handbuch - Flugversuch, LTH-FV)
• 2000 until 2008: Director Flight Safety, then Director Quality Operations at Austrian Airlines. Developped CRM-Course at Lauda Air together with Capt. Peter Beer.
• Presently in charge of Flight Safety Research at Austrian Airlines
• 2006 to present: Chairman IATA Accident Classification Task Force
• 2010: Chairman of IATA STEADES Taxonomy Task Force
• 2011 to present: Chairman Star Alliance Safety Group, representing all of STAR´s safety pilots
• Certified Expert Witness to the Court
• More than 9000 hrs total time in 70 different class/type aircraft and helicopters
• Holds a Commercial Helicopter Pilot´s License
• Holds Test Pilot Approval

 

Lecturing

Dr. Reisinger lectures part time on aircraft design and aviation safety at several institutions:

• Beihang University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BUAA), Beijing, China
• University of Belgrad
• University of Applied Science "FH Joanneum" in Graz, Austria
• 13 years of instruction at Austrian Aviation Training Academy
• Present focus is now on LOC-I. Dieter obtained his aerobatic rating with Spins&More, which is specialised on Upset Recovery Training.

Publications

Dieter wrote books on

• Static Longitudinal Stability for Small Aeroplanes
• Upset Recovery - avoiding LOC-I accidents
• Author of safety related articles in Austrian Airlines in-house safety magazine and other

 

Professional Affiliations

• Society of Experimental Test Pilots
• Society of Flight Test Engineers
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft-und Raumfahrt e.V.
• Oskar-Ursinus Vereinigung
• Igo-Etrich Club
• SV-Verband
• Verband der Luftfahrtsachverständigen (VdL) Deutschland

Awards