A Classroom in the Sky: USAF Test Pilot School uses mountain gliders to simulate space shuttle approaches in Tehachapi

Jessica "Sting" Peterson, Technical Director, 412th Operations Group flies on a glider as part of the Space Test Course. To celebrate National Engineering Week, the United States Air Force Test Pilot School based at Edwards Air Force Base went to Tehachapi, California to fly mountain gliders to simulate space shuttle approaches as part of the course.

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