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Prohibition on pilot trainees operating T–7 aircraft pending testing and corrective actions

Division A · Title II: RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION · Subtitle B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations

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Pilot trainees are not allowed to fly the Air Force's T-7 aircraft until the Secretary of the Air Force confirms that all flight control and mission system issues found during testing have been fixed, the aircraft's full range of flight conditions has been thoroughly tested, and the ground training system has completed testing with all problems resolved. A pilot trainee refers to an Air Force officer who is a student in an official pilot training program.

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Section Text · Sec. 235.
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(a) In general

A pilot trainee may not operate a T–7 aircraft of the Air Force until the Secretary of the Air Force certifies to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives that each of the following conditions have been met:

(1)

All corrections to flight control laws and mission systems discovered in developmental testing of such aircraft are fully implemented.

(2)

The subsonic, transonic, and supersonic full operational flight and performance envelopes of such aircraft are fully tested and characterized.

(3)

Qualification testing of the Ground Based Training System for such aircraft is fully completed and all deficiencies are resolved.

(b) Pilot trainee defined

In this section, the term pilot trainee means a non-rated officer of the Air Force enrolled as a student participating in a formal undergraduate pilot training course.