This is the time of year when Flight Safety Foundation holds its largest safety event — IASS. That acronym originally stood for International Air Safety Seminar, but beginning with this year’s event, we are changing the name to International Air Safety Summit. We are making the change because we believe that the presentations at IASS are some of the best in the industry and more comprehensive than other aviation safety seminars held throughout the year.
IASS was first held in 1947. Since that time, it has been held every year, bringing quality safety presentations to many regions. Recent locations have included Milan, Italy; Singapore; and Santiago, Chile. This year (Oct. 29–31), we are going to bring IASS to Washington. It has been 10 years since IASS was here in our own backyard. Besides being the U.S. capital, it is an aviation intersection of private, business, commercial and industry entities.
Washington has many sights, including the Smithsonian National Air and Space Mus…
