"Trentus" wrote in message
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ryuzu wrote:

The Flying Instruction route is a common entry point however the
research I
did into this did throw up one point that's worth bearing in mind. In
Australia you can get a HCPL with 105hrs, but need 400hrs to be able
to
instruct.

Then the first thing to do is check to see if a US issued CFI license
is transferrable or usable in AU. To get a HCPL over here, the min is
only 40 hrs with 60 typical. In other words, if it is usable in AU,
then come here for a month or two and get your license. I know that
there are a lot of non-US students taking lessons at both flight
schools that I frequent. As odd as it sounds, the US is rumored to be
among the cheapest places to get a pilot license of any type. It may
be worth his while to go this route. Heli lessons in an R22 average
$200/hr.

$350 an hour here, but then with our dollar only worth 69cents over there,
that ends up about the same amount, and I'd have to pay for the airfare
and
accomodation to get there.
But then, at 105 hours here (125 hours if the final 30 hours are completed
in a time 3 months) versus your 60 hours, those 45 extra multiples of
$350
would easily pay the costs of travel/accomodation. But what will I be up
for
upon return? And it's going to be hard enough to do anything with the
licence with 105 hours clocked up, 60 hours sure aint going to get me much
paid work here.

Trentus



As I have a passion for helicopters, I keep track of this newsgroup, but
though I was fortunate enough to be sponsored by the RAF to gain my fixed
wing PPL about 16 years ago, I have never been able to fulfil my dream of
flying rotary wing. Indeed, finances and job commitments are such that I
have had to let even my fixed wing PPL go by the board. :-(

It's nowhere near the same as "real" flying, but the way I indulge my
aforementioned passion now is by flying R/C helicopters. Like I say, nowhere
near the same as the real thing, but a good "second best". A lot cheaper
also...

Even so, I still intend to have at least an hour or two of flying lessons in
a heli, just so I don't go to my grave wondering what it would have been
like to have a go.

Tim


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