List of test pilot schools
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 :
Government-sponsored schools
- Empire Test Pilots' School, British school based at Boscombe Down, England
- U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards Air Force Base, California
- United States Naval Test Pilot School, Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland
- École du Personnel Navigant d'Essais et de Réception, Istres, France
- Fedotov Test Pilot School, Russian aviation industry school based at the Gromov [Flight Research Institute], Zhukovsky
- Indian Air Force Test Pilot School, Bangalore, India
- 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
- Divisão de Formação em Ensaios em Voo, São José dos Campos, Brazil
Privately funded schools
- National Test Pilot School, Mojave, California
- International Test Pilots School, London International Airport, London, Ontario
- Test Flying Academy of South Africa, Oudtshoorn