Garmin Director of Flight Operations Awarded Flight Test Pilot Honor for Certification of Autoland
September 29 2020 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
Garmin® International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ:
GRMN), today announced its Director of Flight Operations and Chief
Test Pilot, Tom Carr, has received the prestigious Society of
Experimental Test Pilots’ (SETP) 2020 Iven C. Kincheloe Award for
his outstanding professional accomplishment in the conduct of
flight testing. SETP presented the award to Carr last week during a
virtual awards ceremony that was held in place of its annual
gala.
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Tom Carr, Garmin director of flight
operations and chief test pilot. (Photo: Business Wire)
The Iven C. Kincheloe Award was established in 1958 in memory of
the veteran flight test pilot and U.S. Air Force Korean war ace.
The Kincheloe Award honors test pilots who have made exceptional
contributions to an aerospace program and is the most honorable
recognition among the society.
“From the day Tom started at Garmin, he has dedicated himself to
growing our business and developing a team of passionate and
talented flight test professionals and in doing so, he has built a
world-class flight department,” said Phil Straub, executive vice
president and managing director of aviation. “His dedication to the
advancement of flight testing, along with his perseverance and
pioneering vision, have played a vital role in bringing innovative
Garmin products to market and into the hands of our customers, all
of which further illustrates why he is extremely deserving of the
Iven C. Kincheloe Award.”
Carr was honored with the Kincheloe Award in recognition of his
achievements as an experimental test pilot during the
industry-first Garmin Autoland flight test program. He has flown
Autoland development flights on the Columbia 400, Piper M600 and
the Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet and flew as test pilot in hundreds of
approaches and fully-automated landings. These tests were conducted
as part of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification
of Garmin Autoland, which was achieved on May 18, 2020. The
award-winning Autoland system has since received FAA and European
Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification on several additional
aircraft types.
Serving as director of flight operations and chief test pilot at
Garmin for 17 years, Carr has over 42 years of experience in
experimental flight test. He holds an Airline Transport Pilot (ATP)
certificate with 14 type ratings and is rated for single-engine and
multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes and gliders. His flight
experience spans 192 different aircraft types ranging from gliders
to four-engine jets. Carr has more than 12,000 hours as
Pilot-in-Command (PIC), including more than 5,000 hours in the
conduct of experimental flight tests. At Garmin, Carr oversees
flight operations in Olathe, Kansas and Salem, Oregon and has flown
numerous avionics development and certification programs, including
the G1000® and G5000® integrated flight decks, GFC™ 700 autopilot,
Synthetic Vision Technology (SVT™) and Garmin Electronic Stability
and Protection (ESP™).
Carr graduated from the University of Kansas with a B.S in
Aerospace Engineering. He also has a M.S in Aviation Human Factors
and a law degree. Prior to Garmin, Carr was a senior engineering
test pilot at Beech Aircraft and Raytheon Aircraft in Wichita. At
Raytheon, he flew research and development, as well as
certification flight tests, specializing in aircraft stability and
control, envelope expansion, high angle of attack and spin testing,
finishing his career there as Hawker Horizon chief test pilot.
Previous Iven C. Kincheloe Award recipients include some of the
aerospace and aviation industry’s most accomplished and recognized
individuals in experimental and exploration flight testing,
including those who contributed to the NASA Space Shuttle and
Apollo space programs.
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