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Being a pioneer means that you break new ground, that you are the first organization to do or create something. In our 68-year history, Flight Safety Foundation has been the first in a number of ways.

We have a picture hanging in our office of the first civilian airplane accident investigation class from 1948. This class was sponsored by the Foundation and focused on many of the topics investigators still study today.

You may be reading this month’s message at the Eden Roc Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida, U.S., while attending our 68th annual International Air Safety Summit (IASS). While it has been renamed a few times, IASS was the first-ever aviation safety conference, and we’ve kept it going since we were founded in 1947. It’s little wonder that IASS is considered one of the best safety summits each year, and we regularly see most of the key safety professionals in the industry among our attendees. The IASS content is consistently high quality and valued by our attendees and m…

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