FLIGHT TEST PLANNING & EXECUTION 

AeroTEC performs most flight tests from our AeroTEC Flight Test Center at Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake, Washington. From here we can quickly access nearby military and commercial flight test areas. However, thanks to our mobile telemetry trailer, we can also conduct your testing anywhere conditions are ideal. For ground testing, Grant County International Airport provides significant space for numerous scenarios including engine, acoustics, structural dynamics, and ground vibration tests.

FLIGHT TEST PLANNING & EXECUTION 

AeroTEC performs most flight tests from our AeroTEC Flight Test Center at Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake, Washington. From here we can quickly access nearby military and commercial flight test areas. However, thanks to our mobile telemetry trailer, we can also conduct your testing anywhere conditions are ideal. For ground testing, Grant County International Airport provides significant space for numerous scenarios including engine, acoustics, structural dynamics, and ground vibration tests.

TESTING PLANNING

AeroTEC has a team of experienced test pilots, flight test engineers and instrumentation engineers whose job it is to plan, conduct, and report on test activities. These teams work directly with our requirements and design teams to determine the correct tests and data required from those tests.

Our test engineers prepare the associated test plans in a manner suitable for submission to the FAA and Foreign Authorities, using AeroTEC Flight Test Operations Management system (TOM). TOM is also used to produce daily engineering flight release packages.

Test plans will contain detail on the test conditions to be conducted to support all aspects of certification testing, including:

  • Test Conditions
  • Detailed Test Procedure
  • Special Requirements
  • Test Operating Limitations & Advisories (TOLs & TOAs)
  • Risk Assessment and Mitigation
  • Test campaign schedule development
  • Instrumentation requirements development
  • Instrumentation design package

AeroTEC Flight Test Center

Test programs operating out of the AeroTEC Flight Test Center (AFTC) can enjoy easy access to AeroTEC’s mechanics, technicians, engineers and test support services, including special test equipment, ground support equipment, fuel, parts fabrication, and flight operations staff. AFTC facilities offer three large aircraft hangars (an 85,000 sq. ft. hangar, 65,000 sq. ft. hangar and a 32,000 sq. ft. hangar) as well as engineering offices, telemetry rooms, manufacturing facilities, 10,000 sq ft warehouse, and an FAA Part 145 repair station. AeroTEC can provide test pilots, test lease aircraft and chase aircraft and can coordinate directly with the FAA to secure experimental airworthiness certificates for test aircraft.

CRITICAL INCIDENT RESPONSE PROGRAM (CIRP)

The AeroTEC Critical Incident Response Program (CIRP) uses flight test peers to provide fellow flight test team members and their families pre-incident education and post-incident/accident crisis intervention services when recovering from an accident, incident, or other stressful situation. This time-critical, peer-based support accelerates recovery from those events before harmful stress reactions damage job performance, careers, families, personal life, and physical/mental health.

CIRP Peer Support Volunteers (PSVs), AeroTEC employees who are specifically trained and certified to provide support in critical incident stress management, offer and/or coordinate a range of Critical Incident Stress Management services to promote and accelerate recovery in the aftermath of traumatic and/or critical incident on or off the job. They have been screened specifically to meet the needs of other flight test team members. The conversation that you may have with a CIRP PSV will be held in the strictest of confidence. No notes are taken. No specific information is shared.

TAKING FLIGHT TEST TO A HIGHER LEVEL

Whether you require testing on a small modification to an entire new aircraft, our comprehensive ground and flight test services offer you a complete, efficient, and cost-effective path to certification. Contact us today to learn how we can help get your product to market.