Project Description
Bjarni has an Airline Transport License, 6000 hrs, multi-engine land and sea, and IFR ratings. He has flown 50 plus aircraft types: including Pitts Special, Edge 540, T-33, T-38, Tutor, L-39, L-29 and of course the venerable Harvard, even the lowly but classic Tiger Moth. He has held a Class I instructor rating, and is currently an instructor at the International Test Pilot School (ITPS) which operates out of the London, ON airport. ITPS trains experienced pilot to become Test Pilots and engineers to become Flight Test Engineers, training pilots and engineers from many countries worldwide. At ITPS, Bjarni is a Test Pilot Instructor, teaching academics in aerodynamics, flight mechanics and dynamics for aircraft and helicopters, and flying as a demonstration and instructor pilot on several aircraft types, including the L-39 and L-29. Bjarni is in his second stint as Chief Operations Officer, and serves as a Director on the CHAA Board. He is a FAST qualified formation pilot, a CHAA aerobatics pilot and aerobatic check pilot. In 1997, Bjarni flew twelve days in space on the Discovery Space Shuttle, and from 1998-2000 completed Mission Specialist training on the Space Shuttle and the ISS at the Johnson Space Center in 1998-2000. He has lectured at several universities in dynamics, aerodynamics, applied mathematics and space systems design.