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Honour for spn test pilot Peter Weger

Written by thomas · Filed Under Aeronautics News 

July 23, 2008

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Peter Weger, Head of Flight Operations of Grob Aerospace in Mattsies has been named a Fellow of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots in recognition of attaining a position of distinction in the field of Experimental Flight Testing.  He will formally accept his credentials at the Society’s Awards Banquet in Anaheim, California on 27 September 2008.

German-born Weger, who was at the controls of the spn test aircraft No. 3 has had a continuous flying career of 43 years – 28 of them as a test pilot, accumulating more then 10.000 flight hrs in 49 different airplanes. Experimental Aircraft Programs he has flown include the Britsh/Italian/German EAP X program; the German F-104 CCV (1st digital Quadruplex FBW Program) and the Swedish/German Viggen (fuselage auto aiming program). Weger operated the first flight of the Eurofighter and was involved in the evaluation of a number of foreign fighter aircraft including the Mirage 2000, F16, F18 and ADV.

A graduate from the Empire Test Pilot School in Boscombe Down after obtaining a Masters in Aeronautical Engineering in Munich, he served with the German Air Force, becoming an operational pilot on the F-104 and F4. He left the military after 14 years to become a Test Pilot with Messerschmidt-Boelkow-Blom (MBB), eventually becoming Director Flight Operations and Chief Test Pilot.  After 18 years with MBB he joined Dornier and was involved with the development and flight certification of the Dornier 328 Turborpop and 328 Jet.  After Dornier shut down he flew as a Captain with Cirrus Airlines for four years before joining Grob Aerospace in 2007.

Weger has been a member of the Experimental Test Pilots Society since April 1982. Grob Aerospace has enjoyed corporate membership since May 2007.

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