National Test Pilot School
The National Test Pilot School is the only civilian test-pilot school in the United States, located in Mojave, California. It is organized as a not-for-profit educational institute under California state law and is governed by a board of trustees.- Type: Building
- Description: commercial test pilot training institute in Mojave, California, United States
- Also known as: “National Flight Test Institute” and “NTPS”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mojave Air and Space Port and Mojave Junior Senior High School.
Mojave Air and Space Port
Aerodrome
Photo: Ikluft, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Mojave Air and Space Port is a general-use public airport with three main areas of activity: flight testing, space industry development, and aircraft heavy maintenance and storage.
Mojave Junior Senior High School
School
Mojave High School, is a nine-month public high school that is part of Clark County School District located in North Las Vegas, Nevada. After a year of sharing a campus at Cheyenne High School on a "double session" schedule where Cheyenne students attended… Mojave Junior Senior High School is situated 1 mile southwest of National Test Pilot School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mojave and Reefer City.
Mojave
Mojave is a city of 4,200 people in Kern County in the Desert region of California. Mojave has a rich aerospace history because of nearby Edwards Air Force Base, Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, and Palmdale Regional Airport.
Reefer City
Locality
Reefer City is a ghost town in Kern County, California. It was located 3.25 miles south-southwest of Mojave, at an elevation of 2762 feet. Reefer City still appeared on maps as late as 1947. Reefer City is situated 4 miles southwest of National Test Pilot School.
National Test Pilot School
- Category: school
- Location: Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.05657° or 35° 3′ 24″ northLongitude
-118.15061° or 118° 9′ 2″ westLevels
2Open location code
85733R4X+JQOpenStreetMap ID
way 83895716OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q9048885
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swedish—“National Test Pilot School” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “National Test Pilot School”
- Egyptian Arabic: “المدرسه الوطنية التجريبية التجريبيه”
- French: “National Test Pilot School”
- Japanese: “国立テストパイロット学校”
- Japanese: “米国テストパイロット学校”
- Spanish: “Escuela de Pilotos de Prueba Nacional”
- Spanish: “National Test Pilot School”
- Swedish: “National Test Pilot School”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Airport Administration and Mojave Area Station.
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