First Screaming Orcas Test Pilots Announced on December 30th

December 20, 2015 is the date the first group of test pilots selected for Screaming Orcas will be announced.

SkyBoat and T-URBO, working in collaboration with JWocky, have been in the process of developing a comprehensive test flight evaluation and report form that will be available on this site for anyone interested in that aircraft’s particular stage of development.

We are also developing a rating system that will be rolled out some time in 2016 that we have the intention of giving a more accurate assessment of the plane’s capabilities and level of development than is currently in use.

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DC-10-30 in 1971 Roll-Out Promotional Livery on Final into KSAN, San Diego International Airport, Runway 09.

Screaming Orcas-Taking Off To Create a Better FlightGear

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Over 900 planes!  FlightGear has a hanger that is beyond substantial and more are on the way every month.  When the Free Flight Free Speech group formed, one of the objectives we had was to create a test flight group to take every aircraft up and check it out for every flaw, catalog those for future reference whenever some brave developer decided it was time to update that particular aircraft.

Screaming Orcas was formed by Chief Test Pilots SkyBoat (CEO) and T-URBO (Chief Operating Officer) to start the process of going through these planes, not only one by one, but to accept new aircraft from developer clients.

Since T-URBO and I are both Pacific Northwesterners (I on the U.S. side and he on the Canadian side) we came up with the crazy name of Orcas (killer whales) flying through the air like screaming jets.  Soon we’ll have an appropriate logo to go along with our group’s name.

We are currently in the process of assembling our test pilot group and are accepting applications for test pilot positions.

The image above is my MD-10 ACF Special Edition which I and a number of very talented FlightGear associates have developed out of the McDonnell-Douglas DC-10-30ER. It is adorned in the DC-10 “Roll Out” livery celebrating the 45th Anniversary of the DC-10.  It is sitting in front of the Terminus Transtellar Foundation Hanger at KXTA, Homey Air Force Base, commonly known as…Area 51.  It is the official headquarters of the Screaming Orcas Test Flight Group.

And to quote the great Chuck Yeager as we take to the virtual skies:

If you can walk away from a landing, it’s a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it’s an outstanding landing.

Featured Image Courtesy:

Transient Orca T02C doing the most Amazing Leap
May 19, 2013
Garry Henkel, Aboriginal Journeys Whale and Grizzly Bear Tours

 

Joining the Screaming Orcas

Screaming Orcas Test Flight Group will always accept new applications. If no positions are open, however, we will keep your application for future consideration. Applications already in our system will be reviewed first before posting additional  job openings; therefore it is in your best interest to submit an application immediately and have it on file. If you are not accepted for a job opening right away your application will remain in the system and will  be considered for future job openings.

CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT APPLICATION

It is Screaming Orcas policy that all pilots who are new to the organization, to undergo a probationary period during which they will be introduced to the main duties and responsibilities of their post and the performance standards expected of them. If the employee is clearly not meeting the requirements of the job, the pilot may be released at any time during the probationary period. The probationary period does not apply to returning employees who have already passed the probationary qualifying flight.  The probationary period, will be completed when the new pilot has completed one satisfactory test flight and is signed off on by a Chief Test Pilot or the assigned testing pilot.