École du personnel navigant d'essais et de réception

EPNER (École du Personnel Navigant d’Essais et de Réception) is the French test pilot school, based on the Istres Le Tube Airbase, France.

They underwent theoretical and practical training to allow flight testing of aircraft to be conducted in the safest possible conditions.

This gives the school a unique position between the armed forces and industry on the one hand and between the activities of testing military and civilian sectors on the other.

Aircrew training include Class A (Experimental and Acceptance Testing) or the shorter Class B (Acceptance Testing) courses on either fixed or rotary-wing aircraft.

[3] Fixed wing aircrew can expect to fly Mirage 2000, Alphajet, CASA 235 (twin turboprop), Falcon 20, PC 7, Gliders, Airbus A320, CL415 Water Bomber, and numerous other types.