BARTLETT, Keith Murray

L1005800, Squadon Leader, Royal New Zealand Air Force

CITATION

New Zealand Distinguished Service Decoration

New Years Honours List 2012

Squadron Leader Keith BARTLETT was posted to the Orion P-3 Systems Upgrade Project in Greenville Texas in 2008. At the time

of the posting, he had no time to qualify as an Orion Qualified Flight Instructor. His deployment was continually extended due to

unforeseen aircraft flight performance issues.  These challenges required flight testing well beyond the scope, complexity and

duration of the original flight test programme.  With no formal training and minimal preparation, he was also required to develop

and verify flight deck instrumentation and automation procedures, train the flight deck crew and manage systems engineers and

operators conducting mission systems integration testing onboard the modified P-3K2 aircraft.  These were development testing

events that a senior Qualified Flight Instructor would be unlikely to encounter during the entire span of a career. Squadron Leader

BARTLETT’s contribution was instrumental to the successful completion of the P-3K2 aircraft project.

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KNOWN AWARDS

New Zealand Distinguished Service Decoration

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