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Rich Ling

Rich Ling

Pilot, flying instructor, and experimental test pilot

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Global 7500 & 6500 Captain, Client Aviation Manager

  • Education

    • Empire Test Pilots' School

      2006 - 2007
      Experimental Test Pilot - long course

    • St Andrews University

      1994 - 1996
      M Litt

    • Southampton University

      1989 - 1992
      BEng (hons)

  • Experience

    • Royal Air Force

      Jan 1989 - Jan 2010
      Pilot, flying instructor, and experimental test pilot

      An extensive 21 year flying career as an officer in the RAF. Pilot, Qualified Flying Instructor, and test pilot with significant operational and management experience obtained during a broad range of military deployments.

    • Royal Australian Air Force

      Aug 2010 - Nov 2013
      Test pilot

      Test Pilot at the Aircraft Research and Development Unit, specializing in the introduction of new aircraft and operational capability into the Australian Defence Force.

    • BOMBARDIER

      Nov 2013 - Feb 2020

      Transport Canada test pilot DAD and Pilot in command for development and certification flight testing of the CSeries clean sheet design 'Fly By Wire' airliner. Primarily assigned to the CS100 stability and control flight test vehicle. Performed testing ranging from the flutter programme, FBW handling qualities development, stalls, ice shapes, high and low speed protection certification, take-off/landing handling qualities, and natural icing. Other responsibilities include:- Test planning and hazard analysis - Creation and review of documentation to support CSeries certification- Identification and documentation of lessons learned applicable to future programmes. Show less

      • Global 7500 demonstration captain

        Jul 2019 - Feb 2020

      • Chief Test Pilot - assigned to Global 7500 and Global 6500/5500

        Aug 2017 - Jul 2019

      • Deputy Chief Test Pilot

        Mar 2016 - Jul 2019

      • Engineering test pilot

        Nov 2013 - Mar 2016

    • AvSTOL LLC

      May 2019 - now
      President

      Professional aviation services including flight test planning and execution, aircraft operational management, and flight crew support.

    • Solairus Aviation

      Feb 2020 - now
      Client Aviation Manager

      Manager and Chief Pilot of a US based Part 91 flight department.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Type Ratings: Global 7500, Global 5000/6000, A220 (C Series), CRJ, A330

    • Airline Transport Pilot

      FAA
      Jan 2017

    • ATPL(A)

      Transport Canada
      Mar 2014

    • ATPL(A)

      EASA - European Aviation Safety Agency
      Jul 2008

    • ATPL(A)

      CASA Australia
      May 2013

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Rich Ling
      2016 Ray Tenhoff Award - for most outstanding technical paper presented at the SETP Annual Symposium Society of Experimental Test Pilots Sep 2016 Awarded for co-presenting a paper on C Series fly-by-wire flight test lessons learned, which described the critical importance of continual validation of the aerodynamic model during all envelope expansion testing of highly augmented flight control systems.