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    Learn to Test, Test to Learn: The Empire Test Pilots School 80th anniversary

    The worlds first test pilots school, our Empire Test Pilots School opened its doors for the first students in 1943, with the first fixed wing course and 2 decades later the first rotary wing course started. One of the graduates of the 1960s course was the late NASA Astronaut Al Worden who passed...
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