Test Pilot
1986
Follows the students at Empire Test Pilots' School at Boscombe Down from selection to final flying exam.
Episodes
▶1. Course No.44Instruction begins for the military test pilots in Fixed Wing Course 44 and Rotary Wing Course 23 and Empire Test Pilot's School.▶2. High Speed, Low LevelThe students test various failure scenarios, including cabin pressure failure, engine failure, and a helicopter's 'avoid curve'.▶3. We Never Use the Word DangerousThe students try out the dangerous - and normally forbidden - art of spinning and then recovering in an aircraft.▶4. On TrialStudents begin actual test-flying and writing definitive reports.▶5. FinalsThe students head out to air fields in America, Scotland, and England to do their preview flights and write up final reports.▶6. The Right StuffStudents give their final joint presentations and the graduation dinner is held.











