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USAF Test Pilot School

US Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, CA.  Provides two one-year long courses per year to graduate as experimental test pilot or flight test engineer for fixed wing aircraft.  Students (MSc or BSc) undergo some 540 hours of academics, 50 hours of labs, 21 scored academic tests, nine graded reports, comprehensive oral exams and about 130 hours of flying in 20 different types of aircraft.
Cost for training an Experimental Test Pilot is approximately US$ 1,000,000,  for a Flight Test Engineer US$ 350,000, both excluding salary and expenses.
US Naval Test Pilot School

USNTPS, Patuxent River, MD, offers courses for experimental test pilots and flight test engineers for fixed wing and for rotary wing aircraft (helicopters).  The curriculum is similar to USAFTPS.

Empire Test Pilots' School

ETPS

Training provided is similar to training by USNTPS.
ETPS is located in Boscombe Down, Wiltshire, UK
L'Ecole du Personnel Navigant d'Essais et de Reception (EPNER)

 

French Test Pilot School, located at Istres. Training provided is similar to training by the other Test Pilot Schools.

 

National Test Pilot School Civil Test Pilot School, Mojave, CA, USA. 
Joint Aviation Authorities JAA, Europe.
European Aviation Safety Agency EASA, Europe
Federal Aviation Authorities FAA, USA.
Civil Aviation Authority CAA, UK.
Luftfahrt Bundes Amt LBA, Germany.
International Civil Aviation Organization ICAO.
National Business Aviation Association NBAA.
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