Earl Colby Pottinger wrote:

:But are there many test pilots now? In the old days the only way to see if
:it would fly was to have someone take it up. Today alot of computer
:simulation replaces a high percentage of what a test pilot does. I get the
:impression that today there are fewer active test pilots than 50 years ago.

The Navy graduates two classes from USNTPS a year. I'm assuming that
the Air Force rate is probably similar.

I would not think that this number of graduating pilots would leave a
shortage.

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