Blue Hill Helicopters is the longest established Schweizer school in New England with the newest most up to date helicopters. We exclusively use the Schweizer 300 C and 300CBi for flight training although we do have a 2008 R44 Clipper 2 that we use for transition training and tours, complete with air conditioning.
Last Saturday was the first open house in quite a while and it was great to see so many people with an interest in helicopter flying. Several people have since began flight training with Blue Hill and two of them will be making a career from it ! Great news for the helicopter industry that has seen a down turn in flight training schools in recent years. Good luck Jarrett and Scott.
The next few months will see the arrival of our FLY-IT simulator, this will save thousands of dollars for those of you that will be part of our pro pilot program. After dropping our little used part 141 program we will be working towards part 142 approval with the arrival of the simulator in the fall. Those of you flying the R22 helicopter can jump right in to the simulator equipped with Both Schweizer and Robinson controls. Perhaps you would even like to try flying the Bell 206 in the sim and learning how to start a turbine ? More on the sim in future blogs but I am sure you will agree that it will be an asset to the helicopter industry in the northeast, its time somebody did something to save students money !
SKYDIVING !
Every year we get asked to head up to Pepperell for the first of two skydive "Boogies" !, skydivers jump out of the helicopter at 5000 feet and pull at 3000 feet , they say that jumping out of the helicopter is like 'base jumping' with 0 airspeed when they exit the helicopter !
It takes the R44 about 12 to 15 minutes to get to 5000 feet with the doors off and the skydivers on board. Its really important that they exit together to help with the weight and balance of the helicopter. Every single person that jumped loved the experience and we will be heading back up to Pepperell for the next 'Boogie' what a great bunch of people ! see you on the 24th !
Last Saturday was the first open house in quite a while and it was great to see so many people with an interest in helicopter flying. Several people have since began flight training with Blue Hill and two of them will be making a career from it ! Great news for the helicopter industry that has seen a down turn in flight training schools in recent years. Good luck Jarrett and Scott.
The next few months will see the arrival of our FLY-IT simulator, this will save thousands of dollars for those of you that will be part of our pro pilot program. After dropping our little used part 141 program we will be working towards part 142 approval with the arrival of the simulator in the fall. Those of you flying the R22 helicopter can jump right in to the simulator equipped with Both Schweizer and Robinson controls. Perhaps you would even like to try flying the Bell 206 in the sim and learning how to start a turbine ? More on the sim in future blogs but I am sure you will agree that it will be an asset to the helicopter industry in the northeast, its time somebody did something to save students money !
SKYDIVING !
Every year we get asked to head up to Pepperell for the first of two skydive "Boogies" !, skydivers jump out of the helicopter at 5000 feet and pull at 3000 feet , they say that jumping out of the helicopter is like 'base jumping' with 0 airspeed when they exit the helicopter !
It takes the R44 about 12 to 15 minutes to get to 5000 feet with the doors off and the skydivers on board. Its really important that they exit together to help with the weight and balance of the helicopter. Every single person that jumped loved the experience and we will be heading back up to Pepperell for the next 'Boogie' what a great bunch of people ! see you on the 24th !
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