Joseph P. Tracy was a military pilot and aviation safety expert during the twentieth century. Tracy learned to fly in 1928 and served as a pilot in the U.S. Army Air Corps, U.S. Army Air Force, and U.S. Air Force from the 1930s to the mid 1960s. In the course of his military career, he became an authority on aviation safety and edited several U.S. Air Force safety periodicals, including "The Review", "Flying Safety", and "Flyer". Tracy worked for Boeing Aircraft Company during the mid and late 1960s and co-wrote two Boeing safety publications with Robert Feutz: "Introduction to Fault Tree Analysis" (1965) and "Fault Tree for Safety" (1966).
From the description of Joseph P. Tracy papers, 1953-1966. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 76969377