The University of Flying (part 1 of 2)

rotary wing testing, followed by a course aimed at flight test engineers rather than pilots in 1974. In 2001, ETPS was included with those research departments sold off by the Government to Carlyle Group during the formation of QinetiQ. It is now run as a partnership between QinetiQ and the UK MOD. The Empire Test Pilots' School was the first of its kind, and was followed by other similar schools, such as EPNER in France (École du Personnel Navigant d'Essais et de Réception), The US Naval ...
Author: CineGraphic; Tags: 1943 Air Marshal Sir Ralph Sorley testing new aircraft Test Pilots Training Flight Boscombe Down WWII airplane fighter experimental jet


















