Test Pilot (1986)
Season 1
Follows the students at Empire Test Pilots' School at Boscombe Down from selection to final flying exam.
Released Jan. 12, 1986
Episode 42 min
None+
S1E1 - Course No.44
Instruction begins for the military test pilots in Fixed Wing Course 44 and Rotary Wing Course 23 and Empire Test Pilot's School.
Jan. 12, 1986, midnight
S1E2 - High Speed, Low Level
The students test various failure scenarios, including cabin pressure failure, engine failure, and a helicopter's 'avoid curve'.
Jan. 19, 1986, midnight
S1E3 - We Never Use the Word Dangerous
The students try out the dangerous - and normally forbidden - art of spinning and then recovering in an aircraft.
Jan. 26, 1986, midnight
S1E4 - On Trial
Students begin actual test-flying and writing definitive reports.
Feb. 2, 1986, midnight
S1E5 - Finals
The students head out to air fields in America, Scotland, and England to do their preview flights and write up final reports.
Feb. 9, 1986, midnight
S1E6 - The Right Stuff
Students give their final joint presentations and the graduation dinner is held.
Feb. 16, 1986, midnight
BBC Two
42 min/ep
42 min
Jan. 12, 1986
Feb. 16, 1986, midnight
Returning Series
NR
Action
Action
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