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Old 22nd May 2012, 19:26
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SoCalKiwi
 
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Flying a Fixed Wing to a Heli Lesson

Hello Guys and Girls, I hold a fixed wing commercial, instrument, with about 400 hours in single pistons of varying make.

I'm ready to start training for a helicopter add-on, and I'm interested in hearing your thoughts on flying a fixed wing on a short flight to and from another field where I'm looking to train on a Schweizer. For those of you familiar with Socal its - KSMO>KVNY>KSMO. For those not in Socal its basically a 10 minute hop in the air vs 45-60 mins plus of driving/crawling each way on the infamous 405.

So what do you think? Am I going to have issues swapping back and forth (especially early in my heli training)? Or is it a non-issue?

Thanks in advance for your feedback
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