Richard A. Searfoss
Test Pilot Instructor, Fixed Wing


Academic Qualifications
   BS Aeronautical Engineering, US Air Force Academy 
   MS Aeronautics, CalTech 
   US Naval Test Pilot School, Class 94

Flight Qualifications
   Airline Transport Pilot and CFI Glider 
   Over 5,400 hours in 65 different aircraft
   USAF Test Pilot School Instructor

Flight Test Experience
   NASA Research Test Pilot
   Space Shuttle Astronaut – Pilot STS-56 and 76; Commander STS-90
   Astronaut Office Spacecraft Systems and Operations Development Unit
   XCOR Aerospace Rocket Plane Test Pilot

Professional Affiliations
   Member, Society of Experimental Test Pilots
   Member, Asociation of Space Explorers 



National Test Pilot School 
P.O. Box 658 
Mojave, CA  93502-0658  USA

Phone:
Fax:
Email: 
661-824-2977
661-824-2943
rsearfoss@ntps.edu

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