list of test pilot schools
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There are several test pilot schools around the world, formed after the example of the original Empire Test Pilots' School in the UK with mission to train already experienced pilots and engineers to test new and experimental aircraft (listed below by years of foundation):{{cite journal |last1=Norton|first1=William J. |date=1998 |title=Selected Sources for Flight Test Training |language=EN |journal=The ITEA Journal |publisher=ITEA |volume=19 |issue=2 |pages=18|issn=1054-0229 }}{{cite book |last=Corda |first=Stephen |date=1958 |title=Introduction to aerospace engineering with a flight lest perspective |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bb7VDQAAQBAJ&q=russian+test+p%5Bilot+school&pg=PA164 |location=Chichester. West Sussex. UK |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=9781118953365 }}
Government-sponsored schools
- Empire Test Pilots' School, British school based at Boscombe Down, England (founded 1943)
- U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards Air Force Base, California (founded 1944)
- United States Naval Test Pilot School, Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland (founded 1945)
- École du Personnel Navigant d'Essais et de Réception (EPNER), Istres, France (founded 1946)
- Fedotov Test Pilot School, Russian aviation industry school based at the Gromov Flight Research Institute, Zhukovsky (founded 1947)
- Indian Air Force Test Pilot School, Bangalore, India (founded 1973)
- Soviet and Russian Air Force Test Pilots Training Centre — division of the Chkalov 929th State Flight Test Centre of the Russian Ministry of Defence, Akhtubinsk, Russia (founded 1973){{Cite web|url=http://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/division/schools/929glits.htm|title=929th State Flight-Test Center Defense Ministry USSR|publisher=www.ww2.dk|access-date=2019-03-11}}
- Divisão de Formação em Ensaios em Voo (EFEV — Brazilian Air force Test Pilot school), São José dos Campos, Brazil (founded 1986)
Privately funded schools
- National Test Pilot School, Mojave, California (founded 1981)
- International Test Pilots School, London International Airport, London, Ontario (founded 1986 in Cranfield, UK){{Cite journal|date=November 1986|title=Cranfield hosts new test pilot school|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1986/1986%20-%203082.PDF|journal=Business Aviation|pages=20}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.wingsmagazine.com/procedures/fundamental-approach-4321|title=Fundamental Approach|work=Wings|access-date=2018-07-10|language=en-gb}}{{Cite web|last=Smith|first=Paige|date=2020-07-23|title=Training the next generation of test pilots|url=https://www.aerospacetestinginternational.com/features/training-the-next-generation-of-test-pilots.html|access-date=2020-07-26|website=Aerospace Testing International|language=en-GB}}
- Test Flying Academy of South Africa, Oudtshoorn (founded 1998 as National Test Pilot School of South Africa - NTPS SA){{cite web |title=[Homepage] |url=http://www.tfasa.co.za |website=TFASA |access-date=18 September 2022}}
- Neo Energy Aviation Academy{{cite web |title=[Homepage] |url=http://www.ne-aviation.de |website=Neo Energy Aviation Academy |access-date=18 September 2022}}
- Euro Flight Test{{cite web |title=Flight Test Training |url=http://www.euroflighttest.com/flight-test-training |website=Euro Flight Test |access-date=18 September 2022}}
University-associated schools
- Linköping University Flight Test School, Linköping, Sweden
- Escuela Española de Ensayos en Vuelo y Aeronavegabilidad (E4A), Madrid, Spain (founded 2016, as the Technical University of Madrid school)