FTTEC Resources
Foundational Curriculum
This listing is intended to be guidelines for organizations developing their own training curriculum. These items should be completed (or shown to be complete with previous experience) within the first 6 months of starting a new flight test job.
Internal Organization Training
- Self Study
- Flight Test: The Discipline by Peter Tyson
- The Tao of Flight Test by Mark Mondt
- Classroom (general topics)
- Flight Test 101 - introduction to flight test
- Daedalus Aerospace Flight Test 101: Safe, successful development of high-risk products
- Daedalus Aerospace Flight Test 101: Safe, successful development of high-risk products
- Flight Test CRM
- Aircrew Physiology
- Risk Mitigation
- General Overview of Flight Test Techniques
- Standard maneuvers
- Data outputs
- Avionics
- FAA Regs, Subpart B (USC Title 14, Part 25)
- Systems: mechanical, electrical, hydraulics, etc.
- Vehicle performance
- Writing a Test Plan
- Flight Test Code of Conduct
- Flight Test 101 - introduction to flight test
- Classroom (topics specific to your organization)
- Flight Test Policies and Procedures
- Flight Test Processes and in-house tools
- Writing a Test Plan (specific to your tools and process)
- Instrumentation 101
- Flight Test Vehicle Safety Equipment
- Include both production safety equipment, FT-specific equipment, and Personal Protective Equipment
- Include both production safety equipment, FT-specific equipment, and Personal Protective Equipment
- Training Events
- Simulator sessions
- Observed test with mentor
External Organization Training
- FAA (or equivalent) Medical Qualification - minimum Class 3
- Aircraft Systems (example: Flight Safety International Ground School or Maintenance Class)
- Altitude Chamber training
- TPS Short Course (general introduction in 6 weeks)