The Society of Experimental Test Pilots (SETP) is an international organization dedicated to improving air safety by supporting the education and professional development of test pilots. The society promotes sound aeronautical design and development techniques and encourages the exchange of ideas among its members. SETP was initially formed in 1955 by a small group of US civilian test pilots at a café near Edwards Air Force Base and has grown to include over 2,400 members from over thirty countries. The society hosts symposia and workshops in the United States, Canada, Europe, and India. Member success is recognized and celebrated by yearly awards in areas including flight test performance, technical management, and flight test safety. The society publishes a record of its activities in Cockpit magazine.

Notable members and friends The following tables are drawn from living and deceased society members, honorary fellows, former members, and friends of the society.

Key Status AF Recognized as an associate fellow of SETP AM Recognized as an associate member of SETP CM Recognized as a charter or founding member of SETP F Recognized as a fellow of SETP FR Recognized as a friend of SETP HF Recognized as an honorary fellow of SETP M Recognized as a member of SETP P Served as a president of SETP

Members The following table contains current members of the society and those who were members at the time of their death.

Individual was killed in an aviation-related accident.

Name Country Status Notability USA M Helicopter flight test and aerobatics USA M 1965 USAF MOL Group, X-15 Flight 191 USA M Gemini 12, Apollo 11, USAF Test Pilot School commandant USA M STS-46, STS-62, STS-75 USA M Apollo 8 USA F Triple ace of World War II, FICON project USA M Harrier jump jet testing, deputy director of Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center USA CM, F X-15, Gemini 8, Apollo 11, first person to walk on the Moon USA M LTV A-7 Corsair II, STS-43, STS-52, STS-68, STS-81 USA AM NASA Astronaut Group 3 USA M Apollo 12, Skylab 3 UK F First flights of the Hawker P.1127, Kestrel, and Harrier USA F Former Director, Operational Test and Evaluation USA M STS-29, STS-33, STS-43, STS-58, STS-79 (up), STS-81 (down) USA AF SpaceShipOne flight 17P to win Ansari X Prize USA F STS-6, STS-51-D, STS-51-J USA M STS-126, STS-133 USA F Apollo–Soyuz Test Project, STS-5, STS-41-B, STS-35 USA M STS-8, STS-51-G, STS-32, STS-49 USA CM, M D-558-II speed and altitude records, X-3 testing USA P, F F-117 and F-22 flight test, National Test Pilot School president USA M 1966 NASA Group 5 USA F STS-41, STS-53, STS-65, STS-88 USA M B-29 pilot for sound barrier mission, YB-49 testing USA F Triple ace of World War II, D-558/I/II testing and record attempts USA M Skylab 4 USA M STS-33 USA M STS-36, STS-54, STS-62, STS-77 USA F Gemini 9A, Apollo 10, Apollo 17 NOR F First flights of S-3 and P-3 USA M STS-41-D, STS-29, STS-39 USA M STS-56, STS-69, STS-80, STS-98, STS-111 USA AF Airshow and test pilot on the BD-10, BD-12, and Proteus USA CM, M First flight of the Convair XFY Pogo USA M Gemini 10, Apollo 11 USA F Gemini 5, Gemini 11, Apollo 12, Skylab 2 USA AF Flight test of F-117 and F-22 USA AF Mercury-Atlas 9, Gemini 5 USA M Flight test and demonstration of the F-20 USA M First flight of the XB-70 USA F STS-51-I, STS-26, STS-38, STS-61 USA F 1962 Dyna-Soar Group 2, 1965 USAF MOL Group 1 USA F STS-1, STS-7, STS-41-C, STS-41-G USA CM, F First to fly at twice the speed of sound; X-15 design, development, and flight test USA M Apollo 7 USA F X-15 Flight 174, X-15 Flight 197, lifting body testing USA CM, F Fighter ace of World War II, Hughes Aircraft Company test pilot USA M Nuclear weapons testing, USAF Test Pilot School commandant USA M STS-118, STS-133 USA M Apollo 16 USA M STS-131 USA M STS-89 USA M Apollo 7 USA F Former FAA Administrator and former Director of the National Air and Space Museum USA F X-15 Flight 138, X-15 Flight 143, X-15 Flight 153, ALT, STS-2, STS-51-I USA F X-plane testing, X-1 and X-2 speed and altitude records, "fastest man alive" in 1956 USA CM, M Ryan V/STOL aircraft flight test including the XV-5 Vertifan USA AM 1965 USAF MOL Group 1 USA M Soyuz MS-04 (Expedition 51/52) USA M STS-105, STS-117, STS-128 USA M First solo nonstop around the world in a balloon and in a fixed-wing aircraft USA AM 1963 NASA Group 3 USA M STS-110, STS-122 USA F ALT, STS-3, STS-51-F USA F Piloted B-52 launch aircraft for multiple X-planes, XB-70 testing, Boeing 747 SCA testing USA M STS-124, Soyuz TMA-21 (Expedition 27/28) USA F Lifting body testing including first flight of the X-24A USA F Mercury-Atlas 6, STS-95<ref name="SETP Fellows"/ USA AF Gemini 11, Apollo 12 USA M STS-51-B, STS-33, STS-44, Deputy Administrator of NASA USA M STS-51-D USA M Mercury-Redstone 4, Gemini 3, Apollo 1 USA M STS-40, STS-59 CAN M STS-74, STS-100, Soyuz TMA-07M (Expedition 34/35) USA F Apollo 13, ALT USA M STS-124, STS-132 USA F STS-4, STS-41-D, STS-61-A USA F STS-7, STS-51-A, STS-26 USA AM Chief of Naval Operations, 1978–1982 USA M Test pilot, former Piper CEO, and former FAA Administrator USA P, F Transcontinental, time-to-climb, and speed records; air show pilot USA M STS-96, STS-107 USA M Apollo 15 USA CM, AF F-86 speed record, first flights of F-111, F-102, and F-106 USA M STS-125 USA AF STS-103, STS-118, Soyuz TMA-16M/Soyuz TMA-18M (Exp 43/44/45/46, ISS year-long mission) USA M Double ace of the Korean War, first flight above 100,000 feet in Bell X2 USA P, F Speed record on X-15 Flight 188, astronaut wings on X-15 Flight 190 USA M STS-127/128 (Expedition 20), Soyuz TMA-19M (Expedition 46/47) USA F Test pilot on White Knight Two and Cosmic Girl USA F 1965 USAF MOL Group USA CM, F Air racer and Lockheed test pilot with many first flights including XF-90, XF-104, and U-2 USA M STS-87, STS-95, STS-104, STS-121, STS-133 USA M STS-111, STS-113 USA M High angle of attack flight test, 1996 NASA Group USA F Gemini 7, Gemini 12, Apollo 8, Apollo 13 USA F LLRV and XB-70 testing USA M First supersonic flight of a lifting body; first controlled landing of a lifting body; director of NASA Dryden Flight Research Center USA M SpaceX Crew-5 (Expedition 67/68) USA M Air racer and movie precision pilot USA F Hughes Aircraft Company test pilot, aviation author USA M Apollo 16, STS-4, STS-51-C USA M STS-41-G, STS-61-E (never flew) USA M STS-34 USA M Gemini 4, Apollo 9 USA CM, M High-speed flight research programs, astronaut wings for X-15 Flight 150 USA M STS-39, STS-54, STS-66 USA P, F First flight of the NASA AD-1 USA M STS-38, STS-50, STS-64 USA F STS-92, STS-112, STS-120, NASA deputy administrator RSA F First commercial astronaut as pilot of SpaceShipOne flight 15P USA M Apollo 14 USA F Bell X-1 and Bell X-5 testing USA M Air show pilot flying privately owned Harrier jump jetAF USA CM, F T-38 and YA-9 first flights UK AF Record-setting achievements in ballooning USA M STS-42, STS-56, STS-67 USA M STS-5, STS-51-BM USA M CEO of Gulfstream Aerospace USA F First pilot to shoot down a satellite from an aircraft USA M X-15 flight testing USA F Lifting body flight testing USA M Helicopter aviation pioneer USA M STS-122, STS-131 USA M STS-98, STS-116, STS-127 USA AF STS-55, STS-71, STS-84, STS-91 USA P, F First USAF pilot to fly the F-22 USA F STS-42, STS-51, STS-79 USA M STS-48, STS-60 USA M STS-28, STS-41, STS-50, STS-64 USA M 1960 Dyna-Soar Group 1 USA M STS-73, STS-80, STS-85, STS-96, STS-100 USA M Apollo 14 SWI M First to fly a jet engine-powered wing USA F Astronaut wings on X-15 Flight 87 USA F Designer of record-breaking aircraft and spacecraft USA F First non-stop, non-refueled around-the-world flight USA CM, F First flights of L-188 Electra, P-3 Orion, and YF-104A Starfighter USA F First flight of the Lockheed A-12 USA F Mercury-Atlas 8, Gemini 6A, Apollo 7 USA M STS-41-C, STS-51-L (disaster) USA M Gemini 8, Apollo 9, Apollo 15 USA AF STS-58, STS-76, STS-90 USA M 1962 NASA Group 2 USA P, F Former president of Scaled Composites and The Spaceship Company USA F Mercury-Redstone 3, Apollo 14 USA AF Scaled Composites test pilot for SpaceShipOne and SpaceShipTwo USA F Apollo–Soyuz Test Project USA M STS-61-B USA M STS-29, STS-38 USA F Gemini 6A, Gemini 9A, Apollo 10, Apollo–Soyuz Test Project USA F Circumnavigation of the globe in 1931 USA P, F Speed and altitude records testing the YF-12 USA M STS-41-B, STS-51-J USA P, F Piloted VSS Unity VP-03 above 50 miles USA AF Apollo 13 USA AM 1965 USAF MOL Group 1 USA F Fighter ace of World War II, former US Deputy Secretary of Defense USA F First flights of the Tacit Blue and F-5F USA M First person to fly a lifting body, X-15 flight test USA M Soyuz MS-07 (Expedition 54/55) USA F Century Series flight testing including zero-length-launch tests USA P, F X-35 and F-35 flight test USA F Co-pilot on the first flight of the B-52 UK F First British pilot to fly Concorde USA F First former astronaut to be NASA administrator USA CM, P, F Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8 flight testing USA AF STS-51-A, STS-30, STS-53, STS-69 USA CM, F Highest flights of the X-15 program—X-15 Flight 90, X-15 Flight 91 USA M STS-32, STS-52, STS-63, STS-86, STS-102, STS-113 USA M STS-120, Soyuz TMA-19 (Expedition 24/25) USA P, F First flights of both XB-70s USA M Gemini 4, Apollo 1 USA M First "winged astronaut" on X-15 Flight 62 USA M STS-68, STS-79, STS-89, STS-106 USA AM 1963 NASA Group 3 USA M STS-51-D, STS-34 USA M STS-101, Soyuz TMA-8 (Exp 13), Soyuz TMA-16 (Exp 21/22), Soyuz TMA-20M (Exp 47/48) USA M STS-116/117 (Exp 14/15), Soyuz TMA-05M (Exp 32/33), Boeing Crewed Flight Test USA P, F 1960 Dyna-Soar Group 1 USA F First pilot to exceed the speed of sound in level flight USA F Gemini 3, Gemini 10, Apollo 10, Apollo 16, STS-1, STS-9

Honorary fellows The following table contains honorary fellows of the society both living and dead. A complete list of Honorary Fellows is published by the society.

Individual was killed in an aviation-related accident.