Test Pilot

All Episodes 1986

  • Returning Series
  • #<Network:0x00007f2802792d00>
  • 1986-01-12T00:00:00Z
  • 42m
  • 4h 12m (6 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
Follows the students at Empire Test Pilots' School at Boscombe Down from selection to final flying exam.

6 episodes

Series Premiere

1986-01-12T00:00:00Z

1x01 Course No.44

Series Premiere

1x01 Course No.44

  • 1986-01-12T00:00:00Z42m

Instruction begins for the military test pilots in Fixed Wing Course 44 and Rotary Wing Course 23 and Empire Test Pilot's School.

1986-01-19T00:00:00Z

1x02 High Speed, Low Level

1x02 High Speed, Low Level

  • 1986-01-19T00:00:00Z42m

The students test various failure scenarios, including cabin pressure failure, engine failure, and a helicopter's 'avoid curve'.

1x03 We Never Use the Word Dangerous

  • 1986-01-26T00:00:00Z42m

The students try out the dangerous - and normally forbidden - art of spinning and then recovering in an aircraft.

1986-02-02T00:00:00Z

1x04 On Trial

1x04 On Trial

  • 1986-02-02T00:00:00Z42m

Students begin actual test-flying and writing definitive reports.

1986-02-09T00:00:00Z

1x05 Finals

1x05 Finals

  • 1986-02-09T00:00:00Z42m

The students head out to air fields in America, Scotland, and England to do their preview flights and write up final reports.

1986-02-16T00:00:00Z

1x06 The Right Stuff

1x06 The Right Stuff

  • 1986-02-16T00:00:00Z42m

Students give their final joint presentations and the graduation dinner is held.

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