| If you have decided to enroll in a helicopter | | | | ·The location |
| flight school, many things come into play. | | | | |
| Since it is not enough to just enroll at a | | | | If you live near a helicopter flight school, |
| school that charges the amount you can | | | | then your expenses will be lessened. Yes, you |
| afford, the process of choosing gets more | | | | have to eat and sleep while you go on |
| tricky than you realize. Here are some of the | | | | training. It would be better to consider a |
| important things to consider to land on the | | | | helicopter flight school that is near you. |
| right helicopter flight school for you. | | | | You can save a lot of money by doing this. |
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| ·The helicopter flight school fee | | | | ·The facilities |
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| Since the most important thing you should | | | | This would include flight simulators, the |
| have next to your desire to become a | | | | ground school, and the type of helicopters |
| helicopter pilot is money, the very first | | | | they have. A good flight school should have a |
| thing you should do is to scout for a school | | | | good rating for all of these. Why? Here's the |
| that would let you finish the whole training. | | | | explanation: Since training on the air costs |
| Of course you should have enough money to pay | | | | too much for the student, having a flight |
| for the whole training but there are | | | | simulator would definitely cut the cost off. |
| helicopter flight schools that offer | | | | The same training that could be acquired on a |
| financial aid that would help you ease the | | | | real helicopter that costs a lot could be |
| burden of paying a very high price. | | | | done on the ground. |
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| Aside from this, you should also consider | | | | A good helicopter flight school should have |
| where exactly does your payment go. You | | | | ground school. This means that the school is |
| should remember to know the breakdown of the | | | | totally interested to teach you serious |
| total cost of the whole training. The | | | | flying. At the ground school, they should be |
| following may or may not appear on the | | | | able to monitor your progress and can |
| breakdown of your payment: accommodation, | | | | continuously improve your skill. |
| safety equipment, license fees and flight | | | | |
| test fees, books and equipment, ground | | | | Although you might end up with the Bell 47, |
| school, pre (and post) flight briefings, | | | | Robinson R22, or the Schweitzer 300, (these 3 |
| insurance, fuel, instructor, and aircraft | | | | are usually the training helicopters) it is |
| cost. | | | | good to know that you have other options. |
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