Night Qualification

Exercise the privileges of your pilot’s licence during the hours of darkness* by obtaining a Helicopter Night Qualification, enabling you to fly at a time when many others have called it a day.

A Night Qualification can be very beneficial if you happen to be delayed on the way home from a trip, or when the long winter evenings have set in; the techniques learned can also prove to be very useful when flying in marginal weather conditions by day. That aside, the spectacular views from the cockpit alone are enough to make this course a must!


Pre-requisite experience:

  • 100 hours of flight time as pilot of helicopters after the issue of a PPL(H) to include 60 hours as Pilot-In-Command of helicopters and 20 hours of cross-country flying

The course consists of:

  • 5 hours theoretical knowledge instruction
  • 10 hours dual instrument instruction (this is in addition to any instrument instruction completed prior to the course)
  • 5 hours of helicopter night flying, including at least 3 hours dual instruction and 5 solo night circuits – each circuit shall include a take-off and a landing

 

The course must be completed within a 6 month period.

Once obtained, the Night Qualification is valid for all helicopter types endorsed on your licence. In order to fly with passengers after dark, 3 take-offs and landings carried out at night must have been completed on type within the previous 90 days.
 
If you plan on training to become a Commercial Helicopter Pilot, the Night Qualification is often combined with the Commercial Pilot Licence –CPL(H) course.

* The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) definition of official night is the period between 30 minutes after sunset until 30 minutes before sunrise.

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