And honestly I'm not a pilot so I have no idea of the full costs that go into pilot training. In the video he talks about a massive cost for all the training on the order of $80k USD, and I know for a fact Air Canada will first consider applicants who have a degree of some sort as well. Real tough to get in.
$5000 minimum to get your private license, You can easily spend $25 to get your commercial. And that just means you can fly beavers up north or cessnas for photoshoots.
There's no easy way, and regardless of the money you spend, accumulating hours is your biggest hurdle.
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So we flew up to Lac La Biche for the Winter festival of speed. We flew up in a Comanche 260. It took us about 1:40 to get up there and 2 hours to get back. They had a landing strip set out on the ice. We got there a little late but there was at least 20 planes there at the time. Very smooth day for flying.
The H160 is Airbus Helicopters’ €1 billion ($1.12 billion) gamble to try to retake a firm hold on a market long monopolized by AgustaWestland. But while the aircraft’s sleek design harks back to the AS365 Dauphin, which the H160 ultimately will replace, it is also supposed to represent a substantial change in direction for Airbus Helicopters, with new development processes and production techniques benchmarked against those of its colleagues building airliners down the road in Toulouse.
Airbus Helicopters will pitch the H160 into the medium helicopter market, one currently dominated by AgustaWestland’s AW139 and to a lesser extent the Sikorsky S-76 and Bell 412. Airbus wants the H160 to appeal to the oil and gas support mission, search-and-rescue (SAR) operators, the emergency medical service community, and corporate and VIP transport customers.
The H160 will be able to carry 12 passengers to an oil platform 120 nm offshore, complete a missed approach and return to land on the same tank of fuel. Cruise speed will be around 160 kt and maximum takeoff weight will be 5.5-6 metric tons. However, the company believes it can do all of this with a 1-ton lighter empty weight than the AW139 and improve fuel economy and direct operating costs by 15-20%.
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I've written in to the social media people of my company seeking permission to start a "Stuff Pilots Say" type of blog. Don't know if it will be a Twitter, Facebook page, Tumblr, or what... basically whatever they let me do if at all. Frankly, controllers have a lot of downtime so it would be cool to answer questions or whatever. I'll post a link in here if they let me do it.
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I've written in to the social media people of my company seeking permission to start a "Stuff Pilots Say" type of blog. Don't know if it will be a Twitter, Facebook page, Tumblr, or what... basically whatever they let me do if at all. Frankly, controllers have a lot of downtime so it would be cool to answer questions or whatever. I'll post a link in here if they let me do it.
I thought all of that was covered in 90 seconds here:
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That's correct, I'm on mobile now but there is a picture on Twitter. Looks like a WW2 style low wing trainer he was flying. Apparently happened after departure, engine failure?
They are also reporting he has serious injuries, stuff like facial lacerations. So hopefully he's not too worse for wear.