The Flight Centre offers a night qualification course, which will allow you to fly at night. Pilots must have logged a minimum of 100 hours of helicopter flight time after the issue of the PPL (H), including 60 hours as pilot in command of helicopters and 20 hours cross-country flight. There is no skill test.
The course consists of the following:
- 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 night training, including 3 hours dual instruction and 5 supervised solo night circuits (each circuit must include a take-off and landing)
Notes:
- The course must be completed within 6 months
- †The dual instrument instruction requirement is based on the assumption that the applicant has previously completed 5 hours dual instruction during their training for a JAR-FCL PPL (H). Under UK national arrangements dual instrument instruction was not a requirement for the UK PPL (H), and the licence was issued with a restriction so that the pilot was not permitted to fly a helicopter out of sight of ground or water and by sole reference to instruments. The restriction can only be removed by completing 5 hours of instrument instruction. Therefore the holder of a UK PPL who has not had this restriction removed will be required to complete 15 hours dual helicopter instruction.
If you would like to undertake a night qualification, please contact our operations department on 01702 54 64 20. We will be happy to discuss the course with you in more detail and arrange an initial flight with one of our instructors.