Aviation Forum / General / Rotary-wing / May 2005

SAVING ARMY AVIATION. Lexington Institute.
http://www.lexingtoninstitute.org/defense.asp?aid=579

Sorry if this is a FAQ - a friend of mine heard a commercial on the radio to
learn to be a helicoper pilot from Silver State Helicopers.  He doesn't know
much about the internet, but asked me if I could find post on this group for
him.

THE MILITARY HELICOPTER INDUSTRIAL BASE. Lexington Institute.
http://www.lexingtoninstitute.org/defense/pdf/MilitaryHelecopter.pdf

i went and flew an R22 today. the helicopter was parked on a trailer,
so the instructor insisted on doing the initial lift-off. 15 seconds
later i was hover-taxi-ing to the base of the tower and the video link
below is me doing a hover with pedal turns and a landing, all within

Get a load of this guys.
Well I finally confronted Silver State about the fact that we had a training
class of 45 students and only one helicopter. I'm 3 months into the course,
have flown a total of 4.2 hours dual instruction in a R-22 and have 7.3

The thread called "Is MDHI going to make it?" drifted into a comparison of
the MD 500 and OH-58D aircraft.  What follows is a discussion of the latter:
All the US Army OH-58Ds were rebuilt (OK, very, very extensively rebuilt and
modified) OH-58As.  The rebuild process took the ...

http://www.grouchymedia.com/other_videos/helo_thunder/index.cfm
Footage from Iraq I & II

Got a quick Schweizer transition flight in yesterday.  Nothing
spectacular, just a quick puddle jump to get me used to flying the
ugly little bastard.  
The preflight was interesting, especially those items concerning the

I plan to train in and possibly purchase either a Schweizer 300  or an
Enstrom.  I would operate out of Mesa, Arizona.  I have no rotorcraft
rating as yet but I have 1200 hours and a commercial/Instrument rating
and I operate piston and Jet warbirds.  My challenge is that I am 6'5"

Howdy.
Anyone know about a school called Silver State Helicopters?
They are advertising classes in my area and say they will give you a job
upon graduation.  Problem I see is that if they graduate 50 students with

Hay algún grupo en castellano que hablen de Helicópteros de RC.
Gracias.