I'm a lifelong wannabe pilot but I can't get the medical.
Studied Computer Science at university in the U.K. and U.S.A.
Spent several years in Flight Simulation, first on training systems and later on a development rig for a (mostly) new aircraft.
Heard over beers that Flight Test were hiring and thought it would be a good chance to work on the real aircraft instead of a simulator.
Got a job as an avionics specialist developing the flight test programme for the Flight Management System.
Left less than a year later after the disappointing realisation that, in my corner of the world at least, Flight Test Engineering involved very little flying, very little testing and very little engineering.
Currently looking for a new job. Back to software, methinks...
Originally Posted by
FlyTester
-Currently a test conductor aboard X3X,X4X and X7Xs.
Out of interest, how much flight testing is done on these "established" aircraft (assuming I've correctly guessed what 'X' is
)? What type of testing do you typically do, and how often do you fly?