Training Programme
For a PPL(H), Central Helicopters runs a full helicopter training course comprising of 27 training exercises. These are outlined below:
- Familiarisation, check lists and helicopter emergency procedures
- Preparation before and after flight
- Air experience
- Effects of controls
- Power and attitude changes
- Level flight, climbing, descending and turning
- Basic autorotations
- Hovering
- Take off and landing
- Transitions to and from the hover
- Circuits and related emergency procedures
- First solo Helicopter flight
- Sideways and backwards flight
- Spot turns
- Vortex ring
- Simulated engine off landings
- Advanced autorotations
- Practice force landings
- Steep turns
- Advanced transitions
- Quickstops
- Navigation
- Advanced take off and landings
- Sloping ground
- Limited power landings
- Confined area landings
- Basic instrument flying
