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Student Trip to Silverstone Winter 2022
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Student Trip to Duxford via QXC
Elstree Helicopters Elstree Helicopters, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom**Change to next week’s trip destination** Instead of our visit to Silverstone next Tuesday we are now extending the journey
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FREE Ground School – Meteorology
Elstree Helicopters Elstree Helicopters, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, United KingdomNext up it’s Meteorology on Tuesday 12th October from 18:00-20:00. Being able to anticipate the weather is akin to a super power for a pilot as will affect you, the aircraft and your operation. In this session we will focus on creating a pre-flight MET briefing, cloud formations, thunderstorms, decoding TAFs and METARs and what to do if you are caught out by the weather.
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Student Trip to Le Touquet Spring 2022
Elstree Helicopters Elstree Helicopters, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, United KingdomOn Friday 4th March we are returning to one of our favourite destinations… Le Touquet! What better way to beat the Winter blues than with a hop across the channel to France. Le Touquet is a popular destination with PPL holders and students as the trip provides some incredible opportunities to hone your piloting skills; planning, navigation, radio, crossing water and the list goes on.
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Student Trip to Le Touquet Part Deux Spring 2022
Elstree Helicopters Elstree Helicopters, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, United KingdomJoin us for a second day to tour Le Touquet. Part of the Calais department in northern France, this popular and elegant tourist destination is a great choice for an overseas flight. Its proximity to the UK means it is easily accessible and the airport is only a short walk from the town.
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Virtual Ground School – Flight Performance and Planning
Elstree Helicopters Elstree Helicopters, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, United KingdomI hope everyone enjoyed our Meteorology ground school last week. It was fun trying to predict the weather and I think we learnt a lot during the session. Next up on Tuesday 15th March we will be focusing on Flight Performance & Planning at the later time of 19:00 - 21:00
The 7 Ps is a British Army adage for Proper Planning and Preparation Prevents P*** Poor Performance. As an instructor we teach a PIC (pilot in command) the importance of having a well prepared flight plan and a good understanding of your aircraft’s capabilities. On Tuesday we will plan a route together from scratch along with a few FPP highlights; Fuel planning, VFR Charts, Routes, Altitudes, NOTAMS, the good old Whizz Wheel (CRP-1)
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FREE Ground School – PPL(H) Quiz Night
Elstree Helicopters Elstree Helicopters, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, United KingdomWe hope you enjoyed last week's Ground School on Flight Performance & Planning. It was fun to do a virtual flight to Le Touquet AND remembering to plan the flight home. This week it's a throwback to our lockdown favourite - the PPL(H) Quiz Night! On Tuesday 29th March at 6:00pm - 8:00pm either in person or in our virtual crew room.
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10th PPL(H) Open Day – Come Fly the Fleet!
Elstree Helicopters Elstree Helicopters, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, United KingdomLast year we held our 9th PPL(H) Open Day, this, as always, was a huge success with many budding pilots joining us on the day alongside a few who had started their journey elsewhere or those interested in adding another type rating to their flying portfolio! That’s why we’re doing it all again!
Our PPL Open Days are an opportunity for all those interested in learning to fly to join us and find out whether they could turn their dream to reality. Take advantage of our discounted trial lessons available to book NOW and will run throughout the day. You will have the chance to discuss flight training and the PPL(H) course in depth with our instructors, pilots and students and really get a feel for our flying school. During the day our operations team will also be conducting ‘tours’ of the fleet giving you the chance to get up close and personal with all our helis...
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FREE Ground School – Radio Telephony
Elstree Helicopters Elstree Helicopters, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, United KingdomOn Tuesday 26th April we begin our month of SPECIAL EDITION Ground Schools with Radio Telephony (RT) from 18:00. We will be joined by special guests ATC and RT examiner Capt Helena Hughes and Radar Controller Amanda Rhodes.
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FREE Ground School – Human Performance & Limitations
Elstree Helicopters Elstree Helicopters, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, United KingdomNext session Tuesday 25th October we will be focusing on Human Performance and Limitations at the usual time 18:00 –20:00. We will be exploring whether seeing really is believing, effects of acceleration on the circulatory system, carbon dioxide vs carbon monoxide, visual scanning and detection techniques and importance of look out
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Beccles Student Trip Spring 2022
Elstree Helicopters Elstree Helicopters, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, United KingdomFly with us to beautiful Beccles in Suffolk where you may get the chance to spot some Parachuters. Our first visit was back in 2015 and has since become a bit of a favourite with self-fly hirers as a lunch destination with friends or family. Great route options either along the south east coast or cross country with of course the added bonus of the town enjoy when you arrive! Great food available on site with a few shops should you want to take a slice of Suffolk home for tea.
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5 day UK Tour
Elstree Helicopters Elstree Helicopters, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, United KingdomBack by popular demand... It's another opportunity to join our intrepid aviators as we revisit our EPIC UK Tour!
This 5 day trip circumnavigates the British Isles taking a coastal route. Departing from Elstree on day one we head south to Isle of Wight then west making Cornwall our first stop. Day two we head north to Wales including the Mach Loop and of course Snowdon. Day three sees us sightseeing the north west coast, following a historic railway through The Lake District and into Cumbria. Day four is our most ambitious of all as we venture to The Highlands! We scale Ben Nevis, search for Nessie in The Lochs and fly along the West coast of Scotland and back across the border. On the last day its seaside central as we follow the east coast all the way down to Felixstowe before heading west again and back up to Elstree.