About this episode

This episode discusses how to train established helicopter pilots for advanced endorsements and check rides.

As a flight instructor not everyone you will be working with are student pilots. There will be times you will have well established and accomplished pilots come to you for additional training, and you will need to know how to best structure their training and how to properly qualify them for their check ride. Today we discuss the experience and endorsements required to train an established helicopter flight instructor for their single-engine airplane add-on. Send us Fan Mail Support the...

People in this episode

Host: Sam Tarrel

Topics covered

• helicopter training
• flight instruction
• advanced endorsements
• pilot qualifications
• check ride preparation

Keywords

• helicopter pilot
• flight instructor
• training structure
• endorsements
• single-engine airplane

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Northwest Aeronaut

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