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There are several different kinds of flight testing, driven by the objective of a particular program. These motivations include scientific research, development of new technologies or experimental capabilities, evaluation of operational performance, or airworthiness certification of new aircraft for commercial use. Other kinds of flight tests include production flight test (first flight of a new airframe of an already certified type, to verify compliance with design performance standards), systems flight test (new systems installed, new external stores on a fighter aircraft that must be tested for separation, new avionics systems), and post‐maintenance test flight. Here, we'll focus our attention on flight testing for scientific research, assessment of experimental technologies, developmental test and evaluation, operational test and evaluation, and airworthiness certification programs. Other perspectives on the different kinds of flight testing are provided by Kimberlin (2003), Ward et al. (2006), or Corda (2017).