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Test Pilot School
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Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, CA. Provides two
one-year long courses per year to graduate as an 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. |
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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. No web address known. |
| National Test Pilot School | Civil Test Pilot School, Mojave, CA, USA. Training provided similar to military test pilot schools |
| Helicopters HQ | Categorized resource directory for everything about helicopters. |
| 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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