22-931: (Redirected from Test Pilot School ) There are several test pilot schools around the world, formed after the example of the original Empire Test Pilots' School in the UK with mission to train already experienced pilots and engineers to test new and experimental aircraft (listed below by years of foundation): Government-sponsored schools [ edit ] 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
44-509: Is "Learn to test; test to learn". ETPS is run by the MoD and defence contractor QinetiQ under a long-term agreement. In 1943, Air Marshal Sir Ralph Sorley , Controller, Research and Development, MAP, formed the "Test Pilots' Training Flight" at RAF Boscombe Down after many pilots died testing the many new aircraft introduced during the Second World War . On 21 June 1943, the unit became
66-423: Is a professional body founded in 1980. Its primary purpose is to further the exchange of technical information in the field of test and evaluation. Membership is open to professionals, students and corporate bodies involved in the development and application of policy and techniques used to assess the effectiveness, reliability , and safety of new and existing systems and products . This article about
88-695: Is awarded by the Edwards Air Force Base in California to the student who makes the greatest progress on the course. To expand the collapsed table, click on "show" in the Year column header; to collapse the expanded table, click on "hide". This trophy, a model of the Hawker Hunter , was first awarded in 1960 by the Hawker Aircraft Company to the student who wrote the best Preview Handling report on
110-413: Is awarded to the fixed wing student who demonstrates the highest standard of flying during the course. The trophy is a silver model of a Short Singapore II flying-boat, which was originally awarded to Sir Alan and his wife in 1928 "in commemoration of their epic circuit of Africa flight in 1927 in such a flying-boat". To expand the collapsed table, click on "show" in the Year column header; to collapse
132-740: Is different from Wikidata Empire Test Pilots%27 School The Empire Test Pilots' School (ETPS) is a British training school for test pilots and flight test engineers of fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft at MoD Boscombe Down in Wiltshire, England. It was established in 1943, the first of its type. The school moved to RAF Cranfield in October 1945, then to the Royal Aircraft Establishment , Farnborough in July 1947, before returning to Boscombe Down on 29 January 1968. Its motto
154-641: The Bristol Aeroplane Company ). Five students found the standard of maths required on the course to be too high and left within the first week; the 13 students who completed the first course comprised 11 from the RAF (including one American, Sqn Ldr JC Nelson, who was serving with one of the Eagle Squadrons ) and two from the FAA. Of those who attended No. 1 Course, five eventually died testing aircraft. Due to
176-1356: The Gromov Flight Research Institute , Zhukovsky (founded 1947) Indian Air Force Test Pilot School , Bangalore , India (founded 1973) Soviet and Russian Air Force Test Pilots Training Centre — division of the Chkalov 929th State Flight Test Centre of the Russian Ministry of Defence , Akhtubinsk , Russia (founded 1973) Divisão de Formação em Ensaios em Voo (EFEV — Brazilian Air force Test Pilot school), São José dos Campos , Brazil (founded 1986) Privately funded schools [ edit ] National Test Pilot School , Mojave, California (founded 1981) International Test Pilots School , London International Airport, London, Ontario (founded 1986 in Cranfield , UK) Test Flying Academy of South Africa , Oudtshoorn (founded 1998 as National Test Pilot School of South Africa - NTPS SA) Neo Energy Aviation Academy Euro Flight Test University-associated schools [ edit ] Linköping University Flight Test School, Linköping , Sweden Escuela Española de Ensayos en Vuelo y Aeronavegabilidad (E4A), Madrid , Spain (founded 2016, as
198-922: The Technical University of Madrid school) See also [ edit ] List of aerospace flight test centres References [ edit ] ^ Norton, William J. (1998). "Selected Sources for Flight Test Training". The ITEA Journal . 19 (2). ITEA : 18. ISSN 1054-0229 . ^ Corda, Stephen (1958). Introduction to aerospace engineering with a flight lest perspective . Chichester. West Sussex. UK: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118953365 . ^ "929th State Flight-Test Center Defense Ministry USSR" . www.ww2.dk . Retrieved 2019-03-11 . ^ "Cranfield hosts new test pilot school" (PDF) . Business Aviation : 20. November 1986. ^ "Fundamental Approach" . Wings . Retrieved 2018-07-10 . ^ Smith, Paige (2020-07-23). "Training
220-568: The Test Pilots' School within the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment (A&AEE) at Boscombe Down. The school was "to provide suitably trained pilots for testing duties in aeronautical research and development establishments within the service and the industry". It graduated one group of students, the Number 1 Course, which began in mid-1943 and formally ended on 29 February 1944, before
242-602: The McKenna Trophy. To expand the collapsed table, click on "show" in the Year column header; to collapse again, click on "hide". The Westland Trophy, originally presented by Westland Aircraft Limited in 1963, is awarded to the best all-round student on the Rotary Wing Course. To expand the collapsed table, click on "show" in the Year column header; to collapse again, click on "hide". Presented to ETPS in 1974 by Michael Cobham, son of Sir Alan Cobham , this trophy
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#1732837479980264-464: The course. Since 1966 syndicates of two or three students have carried out the Preview Exercise; the trophy is awarded to the best team. To expand the collapsed table, click on "show" in the Year column header; to collapse again, click on "hide". Flt Lt G J McClymont RAF This trophy, instituted in 1961, is awarded by the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School , Patuxent River , to the runner-up for
286-482: The expanded table, click on "hide". The Dunlop Trophy, initially awarded by the Dunlop Rubber company in 1974, is awarded to the best student on each Flight Test Engineers' course. To expand the collapsed table, click on "show" in the Year column header; to collapse the expanded table, click on "hide". International Test and Evaluation Association The International Test and Evaluation Association (ITEA)
308-549: The expanded table, click on "hide"; to expand the collapsed table, click on "show" in the Name column header. Recipients' names prior to 1968 are taken from the ETPS 25th anniversary brochure. Others up to and including 1983, unless otherwise stated, from Rawlings & Sedgwick 1991 , pp. 124–36. In the tables of trophy winners the following abbreviation are used in the course names: Legend The individual
330-999: The formation of QinetiQ. It is now a partnership between QinetiQ and the UK MoD. The Empire Test Pilots' School was the first of its kind, and was soon followed by other similar schools, such as the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base , California in 1944, the United States Naval Test Pilot School in Maryland in 1945 and the EPNER in France (École du Personnel Navigant d'Essais et de Réception) in 1946. Other schools in India ( Indian Air Force Test Pilot School in Bangalore ) and Japan were established in later years. Some of these schools operate exchange programmes, which expand
352-479: The latter specializing late in the course. In 1963, a separate rotary-wing course was established, followed in 1974 by a course for Flight test engineers . The school also offers a number of short courses "to meet specific Air Test and Evaluation (AT&E) training needs of the wider flight test community". In 2001, ETPS was included with those research departments sold off by the Government to Carlyle Group during
374-1554: The next generation of test pilots" . Aerospace Testing International . Retrieved 2020-07-26 . ^ "[Homepage]" . TFASA . Retrieved 18 September 2022 . ^ "[Homepage]" . Neo Energy Aviation Academy . Retrieved 18 September 2022 . ^ "Flight Test Training" . Euro Flight Test . Retrieved 18 September 2022 . v t e Aviation lists General Aircraft manufacturers civil Aircraft engines manufacturers Flight test centres Test pilot schools Airlines Defunct airlines Helicopter airlines Airports Aerobatic teams Civil Aviation Authorities Gliders Museums Registration prefixes Jet airliners Rotorcraft manufacturers Timeline Military Air forces Experimental Missiles UAVs Weapons Accidents / incidents Commercial airliners by location Fatalities by death toll General aviation Military By registration Records Airspeed Altitude Distance Endurance Firsts Large Most-produced aircraft Most-produced rotorcraft Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_test_pilot_schools&oldid=1205417339 " Category : Test pilot schools Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
396-456: The rapid growth of the A&;AEE, at Boscombe Down, the school moved to RAF Cranfield in October 1945. On 12 July 1947, it was attached to the Royal Aircraft Establishment , Farnborough , where it remained for almost 21 years, flying a wide variety of aircraft types, before returning to Boscombe Down on 29 January 1968. Until 1963, the course catered to both fixed-wing and rotary-wing pilots, with
418-640: The school's name was changed to the "Empire Test Pilots' School" (ETPS) on 28 July 1944. The first training course, held by the Commandant, Wing Commander Samuel "Sammy" Wroath with G. Maclaren Humphreys, a civilian, as Technical Instructor, was initially attended by 18 pilots, drawn largely from the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy but included three civilian attendees (all from
440-471: The variety of aircraft the students have available to them for gaining flight test experience. In addition to such student exchanges, British, French and American schools share access to their aircraft, so that students can experience a wider range of aircraft types during their respective courses. Commandants' names prior to 1968 from the ETPS 25th anniversary brochure; 1968–88, from Wing Commander "Robby" Robinson's "Tester Zero One". The term "Commandant"
462-540: Was killed in an aviation accident. In memory of the second Commandant of the School, Group Captain JFX McKenna, AFC, killed in a flying accident while serving in that post. Initially the school awarded the McKenna Trophy to the best fixed-wing student, but it is now open to the rotary-wing course as well. To expand the collapsed table, click on "show" in the Year column header; to collapse again, choose "hide". This trophy
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#1732837479980484-602: Was succeeded in 1976 by "Chief Instructor" and in 1980 by "Officer Commanding". The Empire Test Pilots' School fleet consists of the following aircraft: In the past the school has operated: BAe Hawk T.1 XX343, Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet , Hawker Siddeley Andover XS606, Beagle Basset , Westland Gazelle , North American Harvard , SEPECAT Jaguar , Westland Lynx , Westland Sea King , Panavia Tornado , Short Tucano , Eurocopter Squirrel , Bell 412, Bell 205, Saab Gripen. ETPS graduates who have made significant contributions to aviation and/or space exploration. To collapse
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