Test Pilot

Release on 2011-06-20 | by Brian Johnson

certainly have a very discriminating eye when I look at the output of the test pilots' school.' That is the background to ETPS as far as one of the end users, the A&AEE, is concerned. It might be supposed that in this day of complex and ...

Author: Brian Johnson
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 9781446416037
Category: Technology & Engineering
Page: 288
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Test pilots - dashing and courageous young men or foolhardy gamblers? In this fully illustrated book written by the producer of the BBC1 television series of the same name, we follow the ups and downs of a group of trainee test pilots at Boscombe Down in Wiltshire. Beginning with the exacting selection procedure, we discover what personal and professional qualities a pilot needs in order to become a test pilot. Only six UK and twelve foreign students are chosen each year and, once selected, the pressure on them steadily mounts. As the students learn to push each aircraft's performance to its limits they, too, are being mentally and physically stretched further than ever before. Training is given on both fixed - and rotary - wing aircraft and by the end of the course each student is fully conversant with the different techniques necessary to fly each type. They learn how to recover safely from spins, how to cope with sudden failures of equipment in mid-flight and how to land an aircraft with no power. All the time, they are assessing each aircraft's capabilities and the scope of the on-board technology. The final part of the course is the 'preview exercise' when every student is required to evaluate an aircraft he has never flown before and to make a formal presentation to his tutors and examiners. Using a number of remarkably frank interviews with students and tutors, Brian Johnson explores the process of becoming a test pilot and reveals both the stresses and successes of the year. The RAF has given its full support to both the book and the television programmes and thus has enabled Brian Johnson to produce a unique and authoritative account of the training for one of the most responsible and exciting jobs in modern aviation.

Language: en
Pages: 288

Test Pilot

Authors: Brian Johnson

Categories: Technology & Engineering

Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-06-20 - Publisher: Random House

Language: en
Pages: 336

Test Pilot

Authors: Chris Taylor

Categories: Biography & Autobiography

Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-04-06 - Publisher: Air World

Having flown an astonishing 400 different aircraft, as a licensed Category 1 test pilot and flight test instructor for both aeroplanes and helicopters, Chris Taylor is arguably one of the best qualified and widely experienced test pilots working today anywhere in the world. After obtaining his private pilot’s licence at

Language: en
Pages: 192

Cold War Test Pilot

Authors: Ron Burrows

Categories: Biography & Autobiography

Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-01-30 - Publisher: Air World

The Falkland Islands had been invaded and a Task Force was already steaming south at full speed. On board the carriers were the Harriers that would provide essential aerial cover for the British troops and ships sent to recapture the islands. They would be entering particularly hostile territory, and the