Test Pilot School
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There are several test pilot schools and around the world, formed after the example of the original Empire Test Pilots' School in the UK. All have similar missions: to train already experienced pilots to test new and experimental aircraft. Many test pilot school graduates in the U.S. also go on to become astronauts.
- United States Naval Test Pilot School Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland
- U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School Edwards Air Force Base, California
- National Test Pilot School (a civilian school) Mojave, California
- Empire Test Pilots' School
- École du Personnel Navigant d'Essais et de Réception (EPNER) Istres, France
- Indian Air Force Test Pilot School Bangalore, India
- Grupo Especial de Ensaios em Vôo Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil