helicopter training questions
1. I'm a fixed-wing private pilot just starting heli training with 3 hours in an R22. My instructor says I can knock 10 hours off my training if I switch to the Schweizer 300. Is there a down side to changing to the Schweizer? (the upside is that it will be available, where one of his two R22s will be down for maintenance)
2. At 40 years of age, I know that I'm too old to begin training for fixed-wing commercial work. Too old for commercial helictoper work also?
I've always been a proponent of flying just for fun unless its really in your blood to do it for a living. I don't have the craving that bad, but think it would be enjoyable.
3. Please feel free to throw any other training advice my way also. I'm reading all I can and watching the training videos (while the mrs. guffaws in the background) umpteen times. But there are a lot of things that aren't in the books that might help me a lot.
Thanks a lot!