Tag: PPL Training

Christmas is well and truly over, and the first week of January was one of the windiest anyone can remember. The Control Tower at Goodwood recorded windspeeds in excess of 75 knots – certainly not helicopter flying weather. Now we are well in to January, and summer seems to have arrived early. With blue skies [...]

The last couple of weeks has seen a huge variety of helicopter pilot training activities taking place here at Goodwood. Three of our PPL(H) students are now making steady progress towards achieving their licences, with one having completed his first solo flight this week and another flying his qualifying cross-country navigation exercise. We have welcomed [...]

In 2011 we are celebrating the 10th birthday of our Helicopter Training School, which over the ten years has become a well-established and well-reputed pilot training facility. Elite Helicopters was initially established at White Waltham Airfield back in 1996 and expanded to Goodwood in March 2001, when the Pilot Training School was established to complement [...]