Cameron, THE youngest pilot in New England !

Cameron started training with us over a year ago on a part time basis, he wanted to start training in preparation for the military. Cameron decided that the Schweizer 300CBi would best prepare him for the military with its conventional controls and 'Real helicopter' feel.

Cam was only 15 when he started training but recently turned 16 and obtained his medical/student pilot certificate. He was already to solo when he turned 16 but knee surgery held him back for a while, however  we continued to teach him ground school in the downtime and got him ready for that all important solo !!

Cameron has now completed two supervised solo's and this weekend will fly from the ramp on his own !

WELL DONE CAM !

Keep reading the blog for Cams progress to his private license , he will be working hard up to his 17th birthday when he will hopefully take the checkride.......

Dont forget the open house on July 30th !!

BHH

Another Instrument rating at Blue Hill Helicopters ...

Francisco is a long term student here at BHH , Francisco only fly's once a week or so and has a full time job at Logan airport.

We always advise new students that training once a week can be a difficult option. With loans being very difficult to come by for flight training. Many people can only afford to train once a week with the need to keep a full time job, Francisco has worked very hard at his Instrument rating and many hours of study have payed off for him.

Francisco chose the part 61 route to his instrument rating, after some discussions he decided it was the most efficient route to obtaining an instrument rating, it allowed him to build that valuable cross country time for a future job and gain some experience of other airports instead of flying multiple approaches at the same airport ! Approaches at New Bedford and Plymouth completed the check ride on a very nice weather day. The schweizer 300C is THE best instrument trainer with over 4 hours of endurance available, even the examiner agrees ! Well done Francisco !

Stay tuned for 'Game changing' news from Blue Hill Helicopters ...... NO we are not getting a new location or adding more helicopters ! NO we are not going down the Part 135 route.....we have our sister company www.bostonexecutivehelicopters.com for that !!!

Who is trying to save money in this economy ? who would like to get the helicopter instrument rating for 50% less than any other school in the northeast ? what about saving 30% on your private ? what about 75% on your Commercial ?....... any potential student would !

The industry is changing..... watch this space !

Happy 4th of July

The BHH Team