Flight Test Assignment Modules in a Senior Technical Elective/Graduate Flight Dynamics Course

Local and regional aircraft companies hire Wichita State University graduates as flight test engineers for development, certification and production flight testing for various aircraft programs.Some, after significant further pilot training and experience, have moved into roles as flight test as well as commercial and military pilots.Textron Aviation and Bombardier-Learjet are the largest local employers of WSU flight test engineers, Bell Helicopter is a regional employer, and Boeing is a national employer.Some of these companies requested that introductory material on flight testing be incorporated into our curriculum, to expose and promote flight testing as a