Mountain Flying

[yogibear]

Greetings fellow rotorheads (tongue in cheek),
do any of you know of any training schools that do any mountain flying ?
Would like to brush up on my skills...

Seeya soon

The Bear...

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Chopper pilots do it vertically....:-)

[tiltrotor]

Bear, the probably best and world recognized school would be Canadian Helicopters School of Advanced Flying in Penticton, B.C.
The top of the range, however, not cheap either.

If you are just looking for an opeartor, there are many outfits over in Canada that will be able to put you through a mountain course on many different types of aircraft.

[Chopper Moore]

Bear, try Sloane Helicopters based in Northampton, they do mountain flying courses in the UK or you could try their operation out in Mallorca - http://www.sloanehelicopters.com/

Cheers,

Chopper Moore

[yogibear]

Cheers guys ,
Will get in touch with them..
Mean time if you know of any others in the U.K plse let me know...


Seeya

The Bear..........

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Chopper pilots do it vertically....:-)

[alltorque]

Alpine Ratings

Can anyone comment on the requirements for alpine flying.
Heli ops in the Snow Fields in Australia (NSW) are growing and I would be keen to know the general parameters for HeliSkiing and Alpine operations ratings.

[offshoreigor]

To YogiBear

CHC in Penticton is definately the first choice (went there in 87) Jan Rustad knows his stuff. Highland in Castlegar, BC, is also very good. Used to be taught by Cecil Hidebrandt, don't know if he's still there. Haven't heard any complaints.

Hope this helps ya out!!!

Cheers, OffshoreIgor

I made sum spellin mistakes, oops



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[Flying Lawyer]

HeliAir run mountain flying courses. I haven't done one yet, but all reports I've heard are very favourable.
The main HeliAir schools are at Denham and Wellesbourne. Their mountain flying courses are held in Snowdonia.

[Randy_g]

Although they don't operate in Oz, try talking to either Alpine Helicopters in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, or chc's advanced flight school in Penticton, B.C. Alpine is one of the worlds leaders in heli-skiing, (they've been at it from the start basically) and chc's school is the world's oldest mountain flying school. (over 50 years of continuous operation) They train the Canadian military, and some of the U.S. Navy pilots. Hope this helps.

[offshoreigor]

Hey Flying Lawyer:

I thought we were talking about "MOUNTAIN" Flying. I didn't realize they had any in the UK.

Cheers, OffshoreIgor

[Flying Lawyer]

Now look here, OffShore ...


They may be just big hills by Canadian standards, but when you're looking up from the valleys, they are mountains!

Ah Snowdonia - Land of my Fathers .....

[offshoreigor]

Dear Flying Lawyer:

No insult intended! I must say, you have an excellent sense of humour.

I'm sure the 'Big Hills' are more than adequate for teaching the basic principals of mountain flying. As any experienced mountain pilot will tell you, it doesn't matter where you are, the principals are the same.

Cheers & apologies OffshoreIgor




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[Heliflyer]

A bit late in replying but I've done a comprehensive Mountain Flying Course with

http://www.bhh.co.uk
Biggin Hill Helicopters, based at Biggin Hill Airport.

Twice a year, they have taken the fleet of 2xH300, 1x206B, 1xH500 to a lovely hotel in North Wales, and Saturday and Sunday are spent around Snowdonia National Park.

I thoroughly enjoyed the camaraderie (sp?) of this weekend and rather sad when we had to fly back on Monday morning.

I can recommend it, and with their HeliSport membership, one can get a wet rate of a JetRanger and H500 for £299+VAT/hour.

(Bill, can I have some commission now?)

Darren

[332man]

go even higer an fly with air zermatt with landings in 13'000 ft around the matterhorn.
They do operate SA 313, As 350, sa315 or ec 120

[tailrotor]

Mountain flying in the U.K.

Hey guys ,
Compliments of the season to you and yours.

Can anyone advise me on Mountain flying in the U.K. i.e Who and where..

Would appreciate it.

Thanks.

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[Thomas coupling]

Check out the thread: 31st December 2000 "mountain flying".





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Thermal runaway.

[yogibear]

Thanks for all the info guys...
I certainly will be getting hold of all these folks......the moment i can see the length of my back yard !!!!!!


Cheers

The bear

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..AD ASTRA PER NOSTRUM..
(Dont pick your nose on finals)

[Robsibk]

Hi There!

As I'm a low time'er, learning a lot in this forum (Flying in snow)I was wondering if you guys with that 1000 of hours can tel us something of your experience about Mountain flying!specialy about wind conditions.
Thank'S and I hope we can learn as much as by the topic Flying in Snow.
Roberto

[PurplePitot]

Standby for more from TC methinks........

[cheapseat]

Best to practice in daylight, preferably am, then SAR boys get a decent nights sleep.

[Hoverboy]

Wow! This could become a lengthy thread!
What kind of mountains are we talking? I've flown (and landed!) Astar and 500 at over 8,000 feet in Western Canada, a few summers of seismic fun.
Performance charts help establish weights and what your expectations should be, but the winds can be cruel. Do you know the basics such as a contour crawl to find the wind?