An innocent question from a fixed-wing pilot: Any helicopter pilot would be required to learn how to - and demonstrate skill and ability to - hover, in their initial training on their first ever helicopter type, surely?
Therefore any former army helicopter pilot would already know to, and be experienced in hovering?
If the above is true, is it conceivably possible that a pilot who was able to hover perfectly well in one helicopter type was not able to hover in another?
That sounds similar to a fixed wing pilot being able to land, say, an A320 but not a B737, or vice versa. The first few attempts might be a bit crunchy but one soon gets the knack. (I realise that hovering a helicopter accurately might be harder than landing a fixed-wing
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