Squirrel Flying School

[valient]

I am looking for a flying school in the London/SE area to complete a PPL(H) on the AS350 Squirrel. Anyone got any good tips?

[HeliCraig]

Nothing useful to add I am afraid - but it looks like the typo monkey has got you. Try a an AS350 instead! ;)

[Choppie]

What would the insurance say for doing a whole PPL on the squirrel?

[Pandalet]

I believe Heli-Air at Denham could do a PPL on a squirrel. Why a squirrel, out of interest? If you're planning to buy one anyway, you could always buy it then get trained in your own aircraft (which would be much cheaper, one would imagine).

[Crieff-ite]

I've been trying to buy a decent one for ages.........not as easy as it may seem :ugh:

[valient]

The reason: ex-mil with some Squirrel time and want to keep it up rather than switch to a Robinson!

[HeliCraig]

Now I think about it, although not in the south east - Sky Helicopters in Mallorca (Son Bonet) are a big operator of the AS350 B3; and offer training.

Given the impending Winter I can thoroughly recommend some time in Mallorca for your training - I went for a fortnight during mine and the much improved weather meant you could fly when you wanted. I did 3 hours a day as opposed to 3 a month in the UK!!

A return Easyjet flight was around £100 and you can rent an apartment out of season for a few hundred euro's a week!

Just a thought, I know it might not fit in with your circumstances.

[Choppie]

So what are the hourly rates for lets say a B2 or B3 there in the UK? I know lots of Europeans come to South Africa because it is so much cheaper to do your training here. We operate a B3 at approximately US$1,100 an hour and that's expensive compared to the rest. So just out of interest what do they charge for it in Europe?

[Flingingwings]

London Helicopters @ Redhill

Ask to speak to Dom or Marcus :ok:

[HeliCraig]

Not sure on the rates Choppie, but a B206 is approx 880USD, and a A109 is around 2400USD per hour at my local haunt! So I would guess that a AS350 would be somewhere in the middle maybe?

Is your training JAA compliant? If so, I can see why people would come down to you to do it!

[Scissorlink]

Learning to hover in a AS350............enjoy :ok:

[Xavier Dosh]

Flinginwings is spot on!

Contact London Helicopters at Redhill and speak with Dom or Marcus..

They do AS350 Ratings on a regular basis.

XD