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The school's mission is to produce experimental test pilots, flight test engineers, and flight test navigators to lead and conduct test and evaluation of aerospace weapon systems. [1] The school was established on September 9, 1944, as the Flight Test Training Unit at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (AFB) in Dayton, Ohio . [ 2 ]
The Indian Air Force Test Pilot School is a unit of the Indian Air Force (IAF) that evaluates aircraft and systems for induction into user organisations. Most new aircraft types and major airborne systems must have ASTE's stamp of approval to be considered fit for service in India.
A Fighter Combat Leader [8] and an Experimental Test Pilot, he has held the appointments of Senior Test Flying Instructor at the Air Force Test Pilots' School, Chief Test Pilot of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Director (Projects) for Aircraft Upgrades, and the Director (Operational Planning and Assessment Group) at Air Headquarters.
Ramachandran qualified as an experimental test pilot at the Empire Test Pilots' School in the UK, where he was awarded the Edward's Award for best all-around progress in the course. He then did extensive test flying at various Indian Air Force and HAL establishments, including on the Jaguar, MiG-21, MiG-23 and MiG-25 aircraft. [4]
The school was established on September 9, 1944 as the Flight Test Training Unit at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio. To take advantage of the uncongested skies and superb flying weather, the school was moved on February 4, 1951 to its present location at Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert of Southern California .
National Test Pilot School, Mojave, California (founded 1981) International Test Pilots School, London International Airport, London, Ontario (founded 1986 in Cranfield, UK) [4] [5] [6] Test Flying Academy of South Africa, Oudtshoorn (founded 1998 as National Test Pilot School of South Africa - NTPS SA) [7] Neo Energy Aviation Academy [8] Euro ...
The U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School (USAF TPS) is the Air Force's advanced flight training school that trains experimental test pilots, flight test engineers, and flight test navigators to carry out tests and evaluations of new aerospace weapon systems [1] and also other aircraft of the U.S. Air Force.
As of today, the EPNER is one of only six test pilot schools in the world, together with the Empire Test Pilots' School, the United States Air Force Test Pilot School and the United States Naval Test Pilot School, the National Test Pilot School, and the Indian Air Force Test Pilots School.