Patrick Hutcheson

Flight Test Instructor, Adjunct Professor

Academic Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy Mechanical Engineering, Royal Military College of Canada (2025)
Mechanical Engineer (Engineer’s Degree), United States Naval Postgraduate School
MSc Mechanical Engineering, United States Naval Postgraduate School
BEng Mechanical Engineering, Royal Military College of Canada
USN Test Pilot School, Class 139

Flight Qualifications

More than 1500 hours in over 50 aircraft types
FAA Commercial Pilot: Airplane Single and Multi-Engine Land, Instrument Airplane
FAA Certified Flight Instructor: Airplane Single Engine, Airplane Multi-Engine
Flight Test Engineer

Flight Test Experience

20+ years of experience in flight test at the Canadian Air Force Flight Test Centre, within Industry and at NTPS.
Flight Test Instructor, NTPS, Mojave, CA
Flying Qualities Test Pilot, Mojave, CA
CF-18 R2 - OFPs, Radar, Electronic Warfare and Weapons Integration
CF-18 Advanced Distributed Combat Training System
CF-18 Flight Management System
Hellenic Navy Dash 8 Q400 Weaponization
Multiple Platforms - Advanced Weapons Integration
Pulse Detonation Engine – Development and Performance Testing

Management Experience

Integrated Test Force Commander - CF-18
Senior FTE - Fixed Wing Evaluations
Deputy Section Head - Fighter Evaluations
Chief of Staff - 4 Wing Headquarters
Senior Maintenance Manager & Divulged Engineering Authority - 401 Tactical Fighter Squadron
Manager, Graduate Assistant Program - NTPS

Professional Affiliations

Fellow - Royal Aeronautical Society (FRAeS)
Professional Engineer - Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (P.Eng.)
Member - Society of Flight Test Engineers (SFTE)
Educator - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
Life Member - Naval Postgraduate School Foundation (NPSF)
Life Member - RMC Club of Canada (RMCCC)
Owner and Pilot - Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA)

Publications

Tunable Mid-IR Sensing of a JP-10-Fueled Pulsed Detonation Engine, ICDERS
Simultaneous Mid-IR Measurement of Equivalence Ratio and Temperature in a JP-10-Fueled Pulsed Detonation Engine, AIAA
Design, Modeling and Evaluation of an Initiator Unit for a Split-Path JP-10/Air Pulse Detonation Combustor, AIAA
Design, Modeling and Performance of a Split Path JP-10/Air Pulse Detonation Engine, NPS
Investigation of Flow Field Properties on Detonation Initiation, JPC
Performance tests of NPS pulse detonation engine, ICPCD
50+ Experimental Flight Test Plans and Flight Test Reports

National Test Pilot School
P.O. Box 658
Mojave, CA  93502-0658  USA
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