There are several test pilot schools and around the world, formed after the example of the original Empire Test Pilots' School in the UK. All have similar missions: to train already experienced pilots to test new and experimental aircraft. Some test pilot school graduates in the U.S. have gone on to become astronauts.
- École du Personnel Navigant d'Essais et de Réception (EPNER), Istres, France (founded 1946)
- Empire Test Pilots' School, British school based at Boscombe Down, England (founded 1943)
- Flight Test Research Institute (IPEV), Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil
- Indian Air Force Test Pilot School, Bangalore, India
- National Test Pilot School (a civilian school), Mojave, California (founded 1981)
- Russian Ministry of Aviation Industry, test pilot school in Zhukovsky at Ramenskoye Airport
- United States Naval Test Pilot School, Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland (founded 1945)
- U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards Air Force Base, California (founded 1944)
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