Empire Test Pilots' School

Descriptive Overview
This Facility is a school which is used to train UK and overseas military personnel to be qualified Test Pilots or to train UK and overseas military and civilian personnel to be Flight Test Engineers for flight testing duties and for aerodynamics and systems research.

Characteristics of Facility
The Facility provides the following training, to a syllabus agreed with the Authority:

• Military personnel to be qualified Test Pilots.
• Military and civilian personnel to be Flight Test Engineers for flight testing duties and for aerodynamics and systems research.

• QinetiQ's Airfleet and aircraft on long term loan to QinetiQ.
• Short term hire/loan aircraft for the purpose of delivering training or as the subject of exercises and assessments.
• Simulators, both for use in the course generally and also where required for conversion to certain aircraft types:
• Military simulators.
• Commercial training simulators.
• Research simulators.
• Development simulators.


These amenities can be operated either in the UK or abroad.