Test Pilot

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•1986

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Instruction begins for the military test pilots in Fixed Wing Course 44 and Rotary Wing Course 23 and Empire Test Pilot's School.

The students test various failure scenarios, including cabin pressure failure, engine failure, and a helicopter's 'avoid curve'.

The students try out the dangerous - and normally forbidden - art of spinning and then recovering in an aircraft.

Students begin actual test-flying and writing definitive reports.

The students head out to air fields in America, Scotland, and England to do their preview flights and write up final reports.

Students give their final joint presentations and the graduation dinner is held.

Follows the students at Empire Test Pilots' School at Boscombe Down from selection to final flying exam.

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1986-01-12

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