How long would it take to get a helicopters license?

Answer 1

I am not a helicopter pilot, however, I went through flight school, and earned my private pilots license. It took roughly 3 months, and roughly $3000. I only earned VFR certification. I would estimate another 2-3 months for IFR certification, and I imagine nearly the same amount of time for rotary engine certification as well. Maybe 9 months total? Here's a link I found, which offers some detail.

http://www.helicopteracademy.com/
also www.faa.gov has a wealth of information as well.

Good luck!

Answer 2

Training to become a Helicopter Pilot
If you are thinking about getting your helicopter license, there are a few things you may want to know first. Most people who decide to get their helicopter license break down into one of two categories. Someone who holds no pilot rating at all, or someone who holds some sort of fixed wing rating. Of course, there is the occasional balloon pilot, or other exotic, but these are quite rare.
People who currently do not posses any type of pilot certificate
If you hold no rating at all, you will need to take 20 hours of instruction and log 20 hours of solo practice. Generally, however, it will take you closer to 45 hours of dual instruction before you are ready for your checkride, giving you closer to 65 hours total time in helicopters, if you are an average student.
Before you can take your checkride, you must pass a written exam. These days that pretty much means going to a computerised testing center. The test is multiple choice, there are study guides available that give you the answers, and passing grade is a 70. Piece of cake.

Assuming you pass your written test, and your flight instructor thinks you are ready for the checkride, you will be signed off to take a combination oral and flight test with either an FAA examiner, or more likely a Designated Examiner who is a person who does not work for the FAA, but has been designated as having enough experience to judge whether you make the grade or not.

The length of the exams are pretty much up to the examiner. Supposedly you will only be tested on subjects called out in the "Practical Test Standards" (which you should get a copy of) but in reality most examiners use that as a bare minimum and will ask you plenty of questions that are not in the PTS. One to two hours of oral exam and an hour of flying is pretty typical for the designated examiner we send most of our student pilots to.

Answer 3

Do you mean a pilot's license or a license to register a helicopter with the FAA?

Answer 4

a blonde goes the airport and asks how long would it take to get a helicopter license....

Yeah it sounded like the begining of a blonde joke.

Answer 5

However long it takes to save up the £5000+ and about a month or two for the instruction.

Answer 6

30 to 40 hrs

Answer 7

Its pretty much the same as getting you PPL, for flying aircraft. You could probably get a 2 weeks intensive course from your local airfield. Wud cost a bomb mind you, but it depends on how much you want to fly.

Answer 8

about a million-2 years of flight practise (inner most Pilot's, device score, commercial Pilot's, CFI/CFII) 2-3 years of being a flight instructor to make it to one thousand+ flight hours and $60,000USD+ might want to do. it truly is various labor, money, and time, besides the undeniable fact that it truly is properly worth it.

Answer 9

dunno