Course detail: Flight Test Principles and Practices

Description:
This course provides an introduction to and definition of the basic flight test process, application of engineering principles to flight test and description of common flight test practices, along with an introduction to the flight test discipline. The course is embellished with a variety of examples from completed flight test programs.

Highlights

  • Flight test introduction/overview and brief history
  • The standard atmosphere
  • Mass, center of gravity and moment of inertia determination
  • Time/space position measurements
  • Air data systems
  • Instrumentation system principles
  • Data acquisition and processing methods
  • Proper use of digital bus data
  • In-flight measurement of thrust and power
  • Stalls
  • Flight test planning and interaction with program planning
  • Preliminary preparation: modeling and simulation preparation, and value of ground testing
  • Takeoff and landing performance
  • Cruise performance
  • Non-stabilized Performance
  • Stability and control
  • Structural Flight Test - Loads and Flutter
  • Local Flow Aerodynamics
  • Post stall testing
  • Closed Loop Handling Qualities
  • Safety in Flight Test

Who Should Attend?
The course is designed for all levels of engineers and managers in industry working on flight test projects, military and civil project engineers, test pilots and flight test engineers, government research laboratory personnel and FAA and other regulatory agency engineers. It is ideally suited for engineers and managers from other disciplines who are moving into the flight test discipline for the first time or who must interact with flight test engineers regularly on a given project.

Course Fees
Early registration course fee: $2,595 if you register and pay by the early registration deadline (45 days prior to the first day of class).
Regular registration course fee: $2,795 if you register and pay after the early registration deadline.

Netherlands Defence Academy Discount
This course is available to Netherlands Defence Academy employees at a discounted registration fee. Please contact the NDA Procurement and Contracting department for details. Please note that you cannot register using our online system when requesting this discount.

U.S. Federal Employee Discount
This course is available to U.S. federal employees at 10% off the registration fee. To receive the federal employee discount, you must enter the code FGVT116 during the checkout process. Please note that you must validate your eligibility to receive this discount by entering your U.S. government email address (ending in .gov or .mil) when creating your online registration profile. This discount is available for both the early registration and regular registration fees.

Canada Department of National Defence Discount
This course is available to Canada DND employees at 10% off the registration fee. Please contact the DND Procurement Authority (DAP 2-3) for details. Please note that you cannot register using our online system when requesting this discount. This discount is available for both the early registration and regular registration fees.

Certificate Track
Flight Tests and Aircraft Performance

Classroom hours / CEUs
35 classroom hours
3.5 CEUs

Course Accessibility
Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to participate in University of Kansas educational offerings. If you require a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in our Aerospace Short Courses, please email jayhawkglobal@ku.edu or call 785-864-6779 at least three weeks before the first day of the event.
Please note: If you are attending an Aerospace Short Course onsite at your place of employment, please contact your company's training coordinator for accommodation requests.


This course has been cancelled for Seattle in March 2022. We expect to offer this course again in 2023. Click the link below to be notified when the next session of this course is scheduled.
We can also bring this course to your organization. Contact us at professionalprograms@ku.edu for a no-cost, no-obligation proposal today. 
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Course Resources
AERO0290 Course Information and Outline (PDF Document)

 Session Information: PA25235F

Schedule: This course meets March 17 - 21, 2025. Class times are 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Monday - Friday.
Times: 08:00am-04:00pm CDT
Early registration for a 5-day class : $2595.00

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Important: Students enrolled in this in-person course will receive access to Canvas, the KU online course learning management system, because course materials will be provided via this online course system prior to the start of the course. Students must set up their Canvas account using the instructions emailed right after registration in order to access these materials when they become available a week prior to the course. Students will also need to bring a computer or other electronic device with PDF-viewing capabilities with them to class each day. Internet access and power supply will be provided on site. **If you require learning accommodations contact us at professionalprograms@ku.edu and we will work with you on an accessible solution.

Instructors

Name Additional Resources
George Cusimano
Greg Lewis

Facility Detail

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16500 Southcenter Parkway
Seattle, WA 98188
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Cancellation Policy

A refund less a $250.00 cancellation fee will be assessed for all cancellations made in writing prior to 5 days before the start of the event. After that time, no refunds will be made.