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David Best
David Best is a British businessman, experimental test pilot and retired Royal Air Force (RAF) officer. He is currently a Director of Nova Systems Europe.

Early Life and Education
Best was born on 23 December 1960 in County Durham, UK, but from the age of seven he grew up in South East London. He was educated at Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School before attending the University of Bristol, where he gained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Physics. He later attended King's College London, graduating with an Master of Arts degree in Defence Studies in 1998.

Career
Best joined the Royal Air Force as a pilot in 1979. His early career was spent flying the McDonnel Douglas Phantom aircraft in the United Kingdom and the Falkland Islands before being selected for test pilot training. In 1989 he attended the Empire Test Pilots' School at Boscombe Down, Wiltshire, graduating as an experimental test pilot and winning the Mckenna Trophy as the best fixed wing test pilot on his course.