As experienced flight instructors, we have put together the Trial Flight as the most comprehensive way for someone who has never piloted a helicopter to feel how the helicopter responds to your
control inputs.
This lesson is set up with 30 minutes of ground school explaining how the helicopter flies, what each control does, what the gauges mean and what to look for in conducting the pre-flight inspection to ensure the helicopter is airworthy.
After a brief ground tutorial is completed, you will take to the air on a 30 or 60 minute
flight lesson. During this time you will take the controls (individually at first) with
the help of your flight instructor to see what it is like to pilot the helicopter.
This flight is conducted over local neighbouring forests and coast lines. You will get
the chance to experience the rush of controlling the machine whilst performing straight and
level flight, climbing and descending, turning and, most memorably, hovering.
There is no obligation for you to continue lessons, but flight time received does count
towards your licence should you wish to continue toward a private or commercial licence.
Call us on
0800 802060 for more information.
Where do I go from here?
PRIVATE HELICOPTER LICENCE (PPL H)
To be eligible for a Private Pilots Licence Helicopter you need to meet the following criteria:
Be at least 17 years of age
Hold at least a class 2 CAA medical certificate
Pass 6 written exams which are listed below
Meet the flight experience requirements which are also listed below
Meet the Civil Aviation Authority Fit & Proper Person requirements
Pass an english language test
PPL EXAMINATIONS:
PPL Flight Radio – How to operate your helicopters radio to communicate with other
aircraft in the air or ground control
PPL Human Factors – Become aware of how your body reacts to the flying environment
PPL Aircraft Technical Knowledge (Helicopter) – Learn how the
helicopter works
PPL Navigation – Manage the aircraft and learn how to navigate the skies across the countryside
PPL Meteorology – The weather and how it affects pilot operations
PPL FLIGHT TIME:
The minimum experience required for the issue of a PPL(H) is 50 hours
of flight time.
This time is made up of the following minimum requirements:
20 hours dual instruction
15 hours of solo flight time
10 hours of cross country navigation
5 hours of mountain flight
5 hours of advanced dual instruction
Once you have completed these requirements, flying competently and have passed all your exam credits you will be able to sit your PPL flight test with a flight examiner.
COMMERCIAL HELICOPTER LICENCE (CPL H)
To be eligible for a Commercial Pilots Licence Helicopter you must meet the following criteria:
Be at least 18 years of age
Hold at least a class 1 CAA medical certificate
Pass 6 written exams which are listed in detail below
(additional to PPL exams)
Meet the flight experience requirements which are also listed below
Meet the Civil Aviation Authority Fit & Proper Person requirements(or still current within 2 years)
CPL EXAMINATIONS:
CPL Human Factors
CPL Aircraft Technical Knowledge (Helicopter)
CPL Law
CPL Navigation
CPL Meteorology
Principles of Flight
Please note that your flight radio telephone licence is valid for both private and commercial licences.
CPL FLIGHT TIME:
The minimum experience required for the issue of a CPL(H) is 150
hours of flight time.
This time is made up of the following minimum requirements:
35 hours dual instruction minimum
35 hours of solo flight time minimum
20 hours of cross country navigation (10 hours dual & 10 hours solo)
10 hours of mountain flight
10 hours of sling load training
10 hours of night flight training (optional)
Once you have completed these requirements, flying competently and have passed all your exam credits you will be able to sit your CPL flight test with a flight examiner.
Call us on 0800 802060 for more information.
We pride ourselves on providing you with a Personal Flight Service that covers all eventualities. But, unfortunately, even we can't provide a water-tight guarantee for the weather! We do recommend that you have a "back -up plan" for transport if poor weather conditions prevent us from flying. This doesn't happen very often but, in the rare event that it does, you would receive a full refund or choose an alternative date.
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