Follow along with a student from day 1 to checkride

Follow along with a student from day 1 to checkride, with full length, unedited cockpit footage with full intercom and radio conversations. This series of 32 flights will show you what it is like to learn to fly a helicopter, with it’s ups and downs. Each flight lesson builds on the previous, and you can follow along watching the progress and sometimes frustration that comes with trying to fly a helicopter.

Some highlights:

• First flight
• First solo flight
• Night flights
• Learning the ”dreaded’ autorotation and hover auto
• Cross country flights
• Mock stage checks
• All the maneuvers required to pass a checkride, plus some extras

The student progressed well and after the final lesson, he took his checkride and passed with flying colors.

Start at day one here or jump in anywhere in the series below:

First day – Helicopter Training Flight #1 – Hover work, Approaches and Patterns