LtCol Eric Volstad, CAF Lieutenant-Colonel Eric Volstad Qualified Test Pilot, Canadian Air Force. Lieutenant-Colonel Volstad trained in Canada as a mechanical engineer and pilot, and in England, France, Russia and the US as an experimental test pilot. From 1998 to 2004 he led military flight testing of multi-engine aircraft for the Canadian Air Force, and has flown 53 military and civil aircraft types in 40 countries. He is currently (2007) attending the General Staff Course at the Führungsakademie der Bundeswehr in Hamburg.