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First Solo for Chris

Congratulations from Staffordshire Helicopters to Chris McGarrigle on making his first solo flight, the first helicopter solo from our new heliport. Taking advantage of the sunny midlands weather Chris flew a circuit in the R22 on a 10 minute flight making an excellent landing back on the “H”. Chris travels from Crewe in Cheshire for helicopter flight training at Staffordshire Helicopters and was almost speechless with exhilaration on his return and then wouldn’t stop telling us how fantastic it was. Well done mate...

See the Weather Conditions at Staffordshire Heliport

We have installed a weather watcher on our website. Using data from a local weather station in Lichfield Staffordshire which subscribes to the Weather Underground (wunderground.com) you can see the current conditions. If you fancy flying your helicopter in for fuel or coming along for an impromptu helicopter trial flying lesson why not check the weather and give us a call. Click Here for more details on the Weather Underground network Add to . ....

Sunny Day at Staffordshire Heliport.

We took this picture this morning Saturday 19th March at our Staffordshire Heliport Base. It’s a lovely clear sunny day, perhaps a little cold but it should be warmer later. We are looking forward to some sunny flying in the days ahead, although as we know, the weather can be quite fickle at this time of year. People ask us when the best time of year to start helicopter flying lessons is. There is no real “best” answer but springtime will increase the possibility of a run of good helicopter flying weather which is of...

Staffordshire Heliport Open !

After 10 yrs of helicopter training, trial lessons, wedding flights, corporate helicopter based entertainment and sightseeing helicopter flights up at Tatenhill we have now relocated to our purpose built Heliport at Wychnor, just by the A38 between Burton and Lichfield in Staffordshire in The Midlands. We recently received full approval from the CAA for helicopter operations, to continue training for the helicopter pilots licence and run our TRTO courses from here. Future training projects include training for commercial helicopter...

FAA Helicopter Licence Test Pass

Congrats to Benet Allen on passing his flight test for his FAA helicopter licence. He started the weekend converting his UK (JAA/CAA) Helicopter PPL to the FAA licence with Paul and passed his FAA helicopter flight test with Adam yesterday, making a total of 7 hours flying including the FAA test. “This was much cheaper than taking the training in The States and it’s good to have helicopter flying lessons in the familiar surroundings of staffordshire, although a touch colder, perhaps. It is extremely beneficial to have FAA...

Qualifying Cross Country

Part of your helicopter flight training for the PPL(H) is a qualifying cross country flight with 2 landings away from your “home” base or starting point which must be 100nm (nautical miles)or more. From our base in Staffordshire, Nottingham Airport in the East Midlands and Sywell Aerodrome, again in the Midlands located near to Market Harborough are used. You will need to complete all flight planning including navigational notes, file your flight plan and be prepared to comply with local and national ATC (Air Traffic Control)...