If i chose to apply for a helicopter licence,?

Question

-Who would be the best to approach?
-Any additional experiance required?
-How long would it take to acheive ?
-How much to fund the course ?
-To what level of education is expected?

Answer 1

Sorry folks but you dont need any fixed-wing license to take flight lessons in a helicopter. Many, in fact most, helicopter pilots are just that. They have no fixed wing experience at all. Any helicopter flight school can give you what you need to sucessfully complete training. If you learn from scratch it would take you about the same amount of time and experience to get a Rotorcraft rating as you would if you were to take Fixed-wing training. You can get all the info you need from the FAA web site looking up 14CFR61 which is the licensing criteria for both Rotarywing and Fixedwing. Although I must warn you, it is more expensive to get a helicopter rating than an airplane rating. Another web site is www.aopa.org for more information. it usualy takes about a year in most parts of the country given weather and availability of school equipment and it will cost upward of 15 to 20 thousand dollars depending on the type of equipment and the local economy. If you are 16 you can legally solo after you meet certain learing criteria. There is no age limit to starting training and certainly no education level although you should have a good understanding of reading, writing and arithmetic as you will be doing a lot of all three. Good luck

Answer 2

It's a certificate, not license. And the best approach is to do the helicopter first, then go for your fixed wing after that, if you want to fly fixed wings...
I receommend checking out schools, as they are not all the same. It's not cheap, as helicopter time is much more expensive than fixed wing time...
If you are young enough, the military might be the perfect route. If not, have your money up front, and plan on about 20% more than the school says. Also figure in some money for flight time after getting the certificate.
Good luck!! My CFI was actually a retired rotary wing guy, and it was really great to hear from him about the differences in fixed and rotary wing aircraft.....

Answer 3

Helicopters are very difficult to fly. You must first have a certified FAA Pilots license and then attend a credited instruction course. Some military experience would be a shortcut if you joined the 101st Airborne and got instruction through Army. The cost would be nothing but your time, you would be serving your country and learning to fly some of the most sophisticated choppers anywhere. To get into flight school in the military you must carry a 4.0 GPA and have 20/20 vision. Otherwise plan on spending a lot of money on Instructors, classroom time, FAA certs, chopper rentals, etc. If you have the time and money you could accomplish this in under a year if you possess a pilots license and are instrument certified.

Answer 4

Cloudbumper is exactly right!

Basically you must meet the requirements of 14CFR (Code of Federal Regulation) FAR (Federal Aviation Regulation) Part 61 Subpart E (§102-117) and all applicable rotorcraft requirements within.

The 14CFR is officially known as Code of Federal Regulation Title 14; Aeronautics and Space, or better known as FAR's, or the big blue bible that gets bigger every year, .....oy!

The whole thing can be found at the FAA's website, but a link to 61.102-117 is provided below. Safe flying!

Answer 5

First you have to have IFR (instrument rated) fixed wing aircraft license. That requires ground class, duo time and solo time. There are minimum times required but in practice it will cost about $8,000 for VFR and then another $5,000 to get IFR endorsement and then another $12,000 for rotary wing aircraft (helicopter. If you start not you can be there in about 6 months FULL TIME or if you are like the rest of us, about 8-10 years.

Answer 6

bear in mind. a helicopter licence is the hardest ever to obtain.