Ken Clarke, Flight Test Engineering Instructor (FW)
Academic Qualifications
BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering, Liverpool University, UK
MSc Aerodynamics, Cranfield University, UK
CEng – Chartered Engineer – Council of Engineering Institutions
Empire Test Pilots’ School (ETPS)
Flight Qualifications
RAF Vulcan Pilot (1500 hours)
RAF Test Pilot, Transport Test Squadron (E), A&AEE Boscombe Down
Flight Test Experience
Mexi-mat trials – rough-field take-offs and landings – Andover (twin turbo-prop)
Forward CG flight envelope extension – normal and tactical operations – Andover
Eight, one-ton, container drops – Argosy (four turbo-prop)
First nine, one-ton, container drop – Argosy
ULLA (ultra low-level airdrops) C-130 Hercules (four turbo-prop)
HARCO – early computerized ground-to-air flight-profile control (Comet 4C – four jet)
Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) trials (Comet 4C)
Professional Affiliations
Member, Royal Aeronautical Society
National Test Pilot School
P.O. Box 658
Mojave, CA 93502-0658 USA
Phone: 661-824-2977
Fax: 661-824-2943
Email:
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