Faculty Qualification and Experience

The NTPS employs a full-time professional staff, complemented by part-time academic and flight instructors.  

Name

Specialty

Highest

Degree

TPS

Graduate

Years Flight Test

Experience

Years TPS

Instructor

Flying

Experience

Adam Francki

TP Instructor

MS

US Air Force Test Pilot School

5

1

4,600

Andrea Pingitore

TP Instructor

 MS

US Naval Test Pilot School 

7

 2

2,500 

 Bruce Wilder

FTE Instructor

 MS

US Air Force Test Pilot School 

21

 8

1,400 

Dennis Rippy

TP Instructor

MS

US Naval Test Pilot School 

10

 2

 3,200

 Fabian Machado

TP Instructor 

MBA 

Brazilian Air Force Test Pilot School 

11 

 5

3,500 

 Greg Lewis

TP Instructor 

MS 

US Air Force Test Pilot School 

43 

30

10,160 

 Ilan Arush

FTE Instructor 

 MS

US Naval Test Pilot School 

33 

12

1,200 

 Jason Paquin

TP Instructor 

 BS

 Empire Test Pilot School

13 

4

 4,300

Jim Brown 

TP Instructor 

 MS

US Air Force Test Pilot School 

36

7

 9,925

John Norton 

Academic Instructor 

 MS

--- 

5

11 

8,200 

 Juan Rodriguez

Academic Instructor  

 PhD

--- 

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 Luca Campello

TP Instructor  

 MS

EPNER 

15

 7

 2,500

 Matteo Brambilla

TP Instructor  

 MS

US Naval Test Pilot School 

1,500 

 Pat Garman

TP Instructor    

MBA 

US Naval Test Pilot School 

 

 

 

 Russ Stewart

TP Instructor  

 MS

US Air Force Test Pilot School 

 47

 26

10,100 

 Scott Marshall

OT&E  Instructor  

 MA

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 40

5,300