For those who want to learn how to fly a Huey or MI8 CORRECTLY....... we have the training...
...AND the know how!
Some of our training includes:
Basic Wings:
o Hovering in place for 1 minute
o Hovering Turns
o Forward Hovering flight
o Side-wards Hovering Flight
o Rearward Hovering flight
o Taxiing: Hover and Air
o Take-offs: Hovering and surface
o Straight and Level Flight
o Normal Climb and decent
o Approaches: to a Hover and to the Surface
o Helicopter Traffic Patterns
o Roof top Landings
o Multi-ship formation flight
Senior wings:
o Navigate by Pilotage and Dead Reckoning
o Shallow Approach to a Running Landing
o Confined area Operations
o Slope Operations
o Simulated Engine Failure at altitude (Autorotation at altitude)
Master wings:
see us......for more info
We use Teamspeak and have all sorts of resources that are available to those who wish to "get it right", with out struggling.
Check us out ! here http://1stcavdiv.conceptbb.com/
We are an INTERNATIONAL group (Australia--Europe-Canada and USA) and have new members joining frequently. We also fly the MI-8 just as often as the Huey with just as much info as the Huey
We do our best to emulate the 1st Cavalry Division, 229th Helicopter Assault Battalion as it was in Vietnam.
MISSION OF THE 1ST CAV DIV
Our mission is unite people world wide who love the Huey and want to experience the joy and exhilaration of flying in a formation of Hueys or MI-8's as they approach a hot LZ to drop troops in an air assault. We are constantly designing missions to challenge our skills and provide hours of fun and excitement to our flying experience. We have two actual Huey pilots who spent time as instructors, as well as a current UH-60 Blackhawk pilot, that are available to train even the most novice helicopter pilots. You'll be flying like a real pilot in no time.
We'll assist you in getting rid of those Nasty habits in no time!