Hi there ,
When I did my licence in South Africa , I was able to log hours as second pilot as long as my instructor was flying with me and that was on R22's.After that the only way of getting hours was to share with a buddy ( I know this is a bit off the subject) we would hire a machine and then fly out for a half hour and then change in so doing getting in at least a half hours flying for half the price.....
Now being an instructor I can log the flying time with the pupil.....thats in africa anyway...strange huh ?
The bear....
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Chopper pilots do it vertically :-)