UK Test Pilot School Adapting For Systems-Rich Flight-Test Era

Tony Osborne September 19, 2018
Credit: Pilatus Aircraft Ltd.
Britain’s Empire Test Pilots’ School (ETPS) is getting ready for a new era of training it believes will inherently change how future test pilots are prepared. The Boscombe Down, England, school—whose alumni include Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden and British astronaut Tim Peake—is one of a handful of...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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