Archive for May, 2016

Visual Cues When Hovering Helicopters

(Reviewed on 1st March 2021) Visual Cues The next time you watch a helicopter take off and lift into the hover and it takes off smoothly and comes to a really steady hover; ask yourself how the pilot is holding everything so steady. The main reason is lots of practice. Good co-ordination and muscle memory […]

Helicopter Night Rating Course

(Updated on 30th August 2020) Night Rating After you obtain your Private Pilot’s License PPL(H), you may want to further your skills and train for a night rating. You will not be allowed to fly at night without having completed a night rating course. EASA Part-FCL tells us what we need to do. Before starting […]