Light Aircraft Flight Test Course
Course Description
A sixteen-week course that covers the performance and flying qualities tests required to evaluate light aircraft during the FAA/EASA Part 23 certification process. Training includes 38 hours of flight time in twelve types of aircraft. Performance, flying qualities and accompanying FAA certification procedures are emphasized.
This course is comprised of five modules (Intro, Performance I & II and Flying Qualities I & II), which allows the student the flexibility to spread the sixteen-week course over several years, if required. During the performance and flying qualities modules, LAFTC students will attend academic classes with NTPS Professional Course students.
This course is approved for fifteen credit hours towards a Master of Science degree program from the National Flight Test Institute.
Subjects Covered
T&E 4001 Introduction to Flight Test
T&E 4101 Performance Flight Testing I
T&E 4102 Performance Flight Testing II
T&E 4103 Flying Qualities Flight Testing I
T&E 4104 Flying Qualities Flight Testing II
Final Project
The course concludes with a final project, wherein the student is given an assignment to do a comprehensive evaluation of an unfamiliar aircraft for a designated mission. The student must prepare and defend a test plan before a review board; conduct the testing; analyze the data, and present the results to the school staff in both an oral and written report.