Test Pilots

In part two of a three-part series on test pilots, we look at the different types of flight testing and the process of getting a new model off the gro...

Testing Time

In the first of a three-part series on the flight testing process, Vertical test pilot Shawn Coyle discusses who test pilots are - and the role they p...

Cargo Hooks, Scales & Limitations

Although weight sensors and lift charts are standard fare on tower cranes, the aerial variety still sadly lacks these seemingly simple but very essent...

Old Dog, New Tricks

Newly equipped wit h an automatic flight control system and glass cock pit , a venerable Bell CH-135(UH-1N) at the National Test Pilot School is proof...


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