List of test pilot schools
There are several test pilot schools and around the world, formed after the example of the original Empire Test Pilots' School in the UK. All have similar missions: to train already experienced pilots and engineers to test new and experimental aircraft. Some test pilot school graduates in the U.S. have gone on to become astronauts.[1][2]
- Empire Test Pilots' School, British school based at Boscombe Down, England (founded 1943)
- U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards Air Force Base, California (founded 1944)
- United States Naval Test Pilot School, Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland (founded 1945)
- École du Personnel Navigant d'Essais et de Réception (EPNER), Istres, France (founded 1946)
- Fedotov Test Pilot School, Russian aviation industry school based at the Gromov Flight Research Institute, Zhukovsky (founded 1947)
- National Test Pilot School (a civilian school), Mojave, California (founded 1981)
- Divisão de Formação em Ensaios em Voo (EFEV), Brazilian Air force Test Pilot school, São José dos Campos, Brazil (founded 1986)
- International Test Pilots School (a private school), based at London International Airport, London, Ontario (founded 1986 in Cranfield, UK)[3][4]
- Escuela Española de Ensayos en Vuelo y Aeronavegabilidad (E4A), Madrid, Spain (founded 2016)
- Indian Air Force Test Pilot School, Bangalore, India
References
- ↑ Corda, Stephen (1958). Introduction to aerospace engineering with a flight lest perspective. Chichester. West Sussex. UK: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118953365.
- ↑ Знаменская, Наталья, ed. (2002). ШЛИ со временем [ShLI in Time] (in Russian) (2 ed.). Жуковский: ООО "Редакция газеты "Жуковские вести". p. 400.
- ↑ "Cranfield hosts new test pilot school" (PDF). Business Aviation: 20. November 1986.
- ↑ "Fundamental Approach". Wings. Retrieved 2018-07-10.
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