Test pilots are highly skilled aviators responsible for rigorous testing of aircraft prototypes and new airframes to ensure safety and identify issues, often operating beyond normal flight parameters.

Navy Commander Philip "Rowdy" Yates knows how to fly fighter jets. He has accrued over 2,000 test and tactical flight hours, mostly in F-14s and F-18s. He has made more than 300 landings on aircraft ...

After 40 hours of Flight School in Bitlife, players will be able to apply for their Pilot’s License. Before they can receive it and take flight, however, they will need to answer a tricky, ...

When naval flight officers hear the name “United States Naval Test Pilot School,” many conclude it is open to aviators only. They’re surprised to learn the school also welcomes applications from ...

Yeager Personified the Daring, Heroic Image of Early Test Pilots, Changed Aviation. Aviation legend Chuck Yeager has died at 97. Yeager is universally acknowledged as establishing the image of the jet ...