FAST Helicopters is a Flight Training Organisation approved by the CAA to conduct courses for the Instrument Rating (Helicopter), or IR(H).
Courses take place at Shoreham Airfield in Sussex and utilise a newly purchased Flight and Navigation Procedures Trainer Level ll (FNPTll) helicopter simulator together with our in-house IFR certified AS355 Twin Squirrel helicopter.
FAST Helicopters' Shoreham base is ideally located in the busy airspace of the South East.
Requirements to start the IR(H) course
- Hold a PPL (H) with night qualification
- Hold a CPL (H)
- Hold a Flight Radio Telephony Operator’s Licence
- Hold a Medical Class l/ll
- Have 50 hours cross country as PIC in aeroplanes or helicopters, of which at least 10 hours must be in helicopters. Graduates of integrated courses have dispensation from the 50 hours cross country requirement.
Flight training for the Multi Engine Instrument Rating - what is involved?
- 55 hours (minimum) instrument time under instruction of which 40 hours (maximum) in an FNPTll and 10 hours (minimum) in an IFR certified twin-engine helicopter. (5 hour credit for JAR PPL (H) and CPL (H) holders)
- Credits awarded for Qualified Service Pilots (QSP)
- Credits awarded for IR Conversions from ICAO IR (H), ICAO IR (A)
- Pass IR (H) Skill Test observed by UK CAA Flight Operations Inspector
To discuss the Instrument Rating course for Helicopters, contact FAST Helicopters today, or pop along to our base for a chat.
