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Cairns
Helicopter School has been operating for 20 years.
Originally based in Mareeba the school moved to
Cairns when Australian
Helicopters Pty Ltd took over ownership in 1999. |
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Cairns Helicopter
School operates from the General Aviation Section
at the Cairns International Airport in Queensland,
Australia. To learn more about Cairns click here. |
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Our facilities
are complete with a hangar, offices, classroom,
car park,tea/coffee facilities, toilets and shower.
A kiosk is located 100m away for any meals.
Cairns Helicopter school can also assist you in
finding accommodation in the area. |
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Both our Chief Flying Instructor
(Barry Dick) and our Chief Pilot (Noel Stubbs)
have many hours experience with various helicopters.
They are well-respected pilots throughout Australia
with extensive knowledge of regional flying. All
of our Instructors undergo intense in-house training
before commencing flight training with the students.
Our Instructors have a minimum hourly requirement
prior to joining our company.
Our flights are conducted in accordance with
the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) of
Australia, syllabus for Helicopter Pilots Licence.
This licence is recognised overseas in participating
ICAO countries.
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Our training
areas vary dependent on what the lesson
is to entail. One day you can be training
over lush rainforest and the next,
rural outback. Some of our training
is conducted in controlled airspace,
which allows plenty of benefits to
the students, ie. building your confidence
on the radio and learning to function
in an ICAO environment.
We also utilise two other training
fields, one being approximately 10kms
south of Cairns. The Southern Training
area is used for forced landings,
general handling, basic autorotations,
emergency procedures and steep approaches.
This particular area is an open training
area, which allows for a more relaxed
approach than it would be in a controlled
airspace.
The second training area is located
15 minutes west of Cairns at Mareeba.
Here we conduct autorotations and
general procedures. The surrounds
are very different to that of the
Southern Training Area.
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Cairns Helicopter
School is committed
to achieving the highest standards in aviation
safety.
We are determined to create and maintain a
safe flying and working environment for our
students, clients, employees, fellow aviators
and the general public. |
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