From left to right, TsAGI’s Valery Sukhanov, TsAGI’s Sergey Chernyshev, and Jaiwon Shin, during the first-ever Russian-American seminar on aviation safety. The two-day event was held in Moscow, Russia. Photo credit: TsAGI.
Aviation experts from NASA and Russia’s Central AeroHydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI) recently gathered in Moscow for a two-day safety seminar.
Beginning April 6, the two aeronautics organizations met to exchange information and share best practices in an important area that could have a positive impact on the global aviation community.
“This seminar provided an opportunity for our technical experts to get together to better understand each other’s motivations and approaches toward aviation safety research, said Jaiwon Shin, associate administrator for NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate. “We reaffirmed the critical importance of aviation safety for the citizens in both countries in the context of global aviation.”
During the first day, participants from both agencies gave presentations on aeronautical equipment and information technology trends in aviation safety, the impact of environmental factors on flight safety, and perspectives on U.S. and Russian safety cultures.
“This aviation safety seminar is an important step to gain a better understanding of each other’s aeronautics research capabilities and our discussions provided a unique opportunity to exchange experiences and practical knowledge,” said Sergey Chernyshev, director general for TsAGI and academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences. “To solve important global aviation challenges of the future, the scientists of the international scientific community have to move forward together.”
The seminar continued on day two at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) Department of Aeromechanics and Flight Engineering, where Shin gave a lecture and took questions from more than 400 MIPT students and faculty on NASA’s research programs.
The visit ended with a bilateral discussion on technical areas of mutual interest and a visit to the Zhukovsky museum at TsAGI.
