The
Flight Research
Laboratory of Canada's National Research Council is studying advanced
technology for fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft.
The Society of Experimental Test
Pilots (SETP). The profession's primary organization, with chapters in
North America and Europe. Web site has several interesting links.
The Canadian Air Force's Aerospace
Engineering Test Establishment (AETE) at the Canadian Flight Test
Centre in Cold Lake, Alberta.
The history of the
U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards AFB, in the Mojave desert.
The U.S. Navy's Flight Test
Center at Patuxent River, Maryland. Slick site with cool photos.
NASA's
Dryden Flight Research Center's Technical
Reports Server : Check out original flight test reports on the X-1,
X-15, and others.
NASA's astronaut biographies .
Piloting a spacecraft is the pinnacle of some test pilots'
careers--including Canada's first test pilot in space, Chris
Hadfield .

The National Test
Pilot School in Mojave, California; the largest civilian test pilot
school in the world.
The Experimental Aircraft Association has a world-wide grassroots following of sport aviation enthusiasts
(and the odd test pilot.) A great place for anybody who loves airplanes.
(c) 1998 Eric Volstad
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