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helicopter lessons?
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gymrat
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mountain muscle
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JB, go out to a local airport and get and intro flight. It is a blast but very expensive. Count on around 150-185+ per hour of flight time for the Helicoptor rental and instructor. I want to get my rating eventually, but still have the third stage of my Instrument rating to finish, my Multi, Commercial, CFI and CFII. An aerobatic flight is a killer rush as well. Just look up a local FBO for info.
jnuts
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Yeah, I took about 12 hours of instruction a long time ago when I was single and had much more disposable cash.
Flying choppers vs. fixed wing is different...but there is some carry over. By then I'd done a lot of formation flying which requires a pretty fine control over aircraft movements . That made it easy to hover. I was able to hover the helo on my first flight, which was pretty cool.
I eventually ran out of cash for the helo lessons.
If you do get some lessons, try and find an instructor who is an ex Army guy. They give you a great ride at the end of you lesson.
Fixed wing flying would be MUCH cheaper to get a license.
Flying choppers vs. fixed wing is different...but there is some carry over. By then I'd done a lot of formation flying which requires a pretty fine control over aircraft movements . That made it easy to hover. I was able to hover the helo on my first flight, which was pretty cool.
I eventually ran out of cash for the helo lessons.
If you do get some lessons, try and find an instructor who is an ex Army guy. They give you a great ride at the end of you lesson.
Fixed wing flying would be MUCH cheaper to get a license.
