Originally Posted by
vagabond
Flight Experience Requirements: All applicants must meet the following requirements:
Have successfully completed a military test pilot school (United States, France, Britain, or Russia) or a ONE YEAR civilian test pilot school (National Test Pilot School (NTPS), etc.)
OR
Have 1 year or 100 hours of flight test experience as an engineering test pilot conducting performance and flying qualities tests or analyzing aircraft performance data.
Vagabond:
That's the part that eliminates most of us. I tried to go to USAF TPS but never got selected...they only take about 20 guys a year.
If you want to do it on your own at NTPS, the tuition is supposedly $250,000. It's probably not a bad program, but last I heard, their most "advanced" aircraft was the 1944 Lockheed T-33.
TPS grads aren't looking for jobs on airlinepilotcentral!
