List of test pilot schools

There are several test pilot schools and around the world, formed after the example of the original Empire Test Pilots' School in the UK. All have similar missions: to train already experienced pilots and engineers to test new and experimental aircraft. Some test pilot school graduates in the U.S. have gone on to become astronauts.


 * École du Personnel Navigant d'Essais et de Réception (EPNER), Istres, France (founded 1946)
 * Empire Test Pilots' School, British school based at Boscombe Down, England (founded 1943)
 * Indian Air Force Test Pilot School, Bangalore, India
 * International Test Pilot School (private civilian school), based at London International Airport, London Ontario. (Founded in Cranfield, UK in 1986)
 * National Test Pilot School (a civilian school), Mojave, California (founded 1981)
 * Russian Ministry of Aviation Industry, test pilot school in Zhukovsky at Ramenskoye Airport
 * United States Naval Test Pilot School, Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland (founded 1945)
 * U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards Air Force Base, California (founded 1944)
 * Divisão de Formação em Ensaios em Voo, (EFEV) Brazilian Air force Test Pilot school in São José dos Campos, Brazil (founded 1986)