Helicopter Training Introductory Flight - Coolangatta

Experience the thrill of flying a helicopter yourself with a Training Introductory Flight. Helicopters are without a doubt one of the most versatile and vital air transport vehicles in the world; with an ability to access remote areas and deliver huge payloads. Now it’s your turn to fly one of these impressive machines. Your training flight will take place in a Robinson R22 helicopter. The R22 is the most widely used piston engine helicopter in Australia and generally regarded as the best training helicopter in the world. Upon arrival at the heliport you will be introduced to your instructor and the Robinson R22 dual control helicopter. Your session will begin with a briefing about what makes a helicopter fly what the various controls do and what you must do whilst flying the helicopter. Of course all the safety issues will be discussed here as well. Then you’re off on a 40-minute training introductory flight. Your instructor will fire up the engine and get the rotor blades churning for lift-off. Within the first 5 minutes you will be trying your hand at the controls. One by one more controls will be introduced to you until toward the end of the flight you could have full control of the helicopter. Fly about the Coolangatta training area under your instructor’s guidance and taste the life of a helicopter pilot. Test your skills – maintaining a steady flight path changing direction and hover control. This flight is one of the greatest thrills that you can imagine and you will come back hardly believing that YOU have just flown a helicopter on your own (with the instructor sitting beside you of course).