← Test Pilot

Season 1

6 episodes · 1986

  1. 1Course No.44

    12 Jan 1986

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

  2. 2High Speed, Low Level

    19 Jan 1986

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

  3. 3We Never Use the Word Dangerous

    26 Jan 1986

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

  4. 4On Trial

    02 Feb 1986

    Students begin actual test-flying and writing definitive reports.

  5. 5Finals

    09 Feb 1986

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

  6. 6The Right Stufffinale

    16 Feb 1986

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