Follows the students at Empire Test Pilots' School at Boscombe Down from selection to final flying exam.
1/12/1986
Instruction begins for the military test pilots in Fixed Wing Course 44 and Rotary Wing Course 23 and Empire Test Pilot's School.
1/19/1986
The students test various failure scenarios, including cabin pressure failure, engine failure, and a helicopter's 'avoid curve'.
1/26/1986
The students try out the dangerous - and normally forbidden - art of spinning and then recovering in an aircraft.
2/2/1986
Students begin actual test-flying and writing definitive reports.
2/9/1986
The students head out to air fields in America, Scotland, and England to do their preview flights and write up final reports.
2/16/1986
Students give their final joint presentations and the graduation dinner is held.
