While HTV is busy working on new content, check out some of our old videos from a few years back. Today’s Throwback Thursday is a student’s Helicopter Flight Lesson Day 14 from May 2016.
This video is day number fourteenth in a series of flight lessons, following a student from day 1, all the way through solo and onto Private Pilot Helicopter checkride. This flight covers the student’s first autorotation to the flare, slope landings, simulated governor malfunctions and more. Flying with one door off creates some airflow interference on the audio in some parts.
Watch the full flight training video below:
More Info
Check out the original post (with FULL timestamped notes & tips from the lesson) and check out the full series of flight lessons to 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 training 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 of the full series:
- 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
Feedback
How were your first autos to the flare? Instructors – how do you teach that maneuver? Use the comments form below, and thanks for your feedback.
