AgustaGrand Posted August 29, 2009 Report Share Posted August 29, 2009 Hello, I want to know what is the record for most number of flying hours for a helicopter pilot... Thanks in advance, Quentin France Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linc Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 I don't know if it is a "record", but Robert Burns was recognized in 1999 for 30,000 hours flying Bell products without an accident. http://www.bellhelicopter.com/en/support/f.../pdf/awards.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgustaGrand Posted August 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 Thanks Linc , I know a french pilot who has 26000hours and i want to know if a pilot has more ?? I now know that yes !!! ByeQuentin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave7373 Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 In exclusively helicopters? I have a few friends in the 25,000 total time range but most are mixed helicopter and airplanes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgustaGrand Posted September 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 Yes !!26000 hours => helicopters6000 hours => fixed wings Bye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Coaster Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 About 5 years ago Vancouver Island Helicopter held a small celebration for a logging pilot of their with over 30,000 hours in helicopters. Can't remember his name though, just remember my jaw hitting the floor reading about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falko Posted September 15, 2009 Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 30,000 hours in helicopters There is a Designated Pilot Examiner named Dale M. I took my rides with him in 2006. He started flying in Nam (Hueys), after Nam he stayed in the army. I don't know when he retired but the last thing he did was instruction in the CH47. He told me that he quit logging flight time around 1996. At that point he had around 40.000+hrs.I know that includes some fixwing but he mainly flew helicopters. He also told me that he had 7 engine failures (single engine helicopters) but managed to walk away. Falko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.R.O. Posted September 16, 2009 Report Share Posted September 16, 2009 There is a Designated Pilot Examiner named Dale M. I took my rides with him in 2006. He started flying in Nam (Hueys), after Nam he stayed in the army. I don't know when he retired but the last thing he did was instruction in the CH47. He told me that he quit logging flight time around 1996. At that point he had around 40.000+hrs.I know that includes some fixwing but he mainly flew helicopters. He also told me that he had 7 engine failures (single engine helicopters) but managed to walk away. Falko Did my checkrides with him as well, and he told me pretty much the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IFLY Posted September 16, 2009 Report Share Posted September 16, 2009 I read about a lady that has over 57,000 hours and is the highest time pilot in the world. Its fixed wing but at least we know the top. Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justfly Posted September 17, 2009 Report Share Posted September 17, 2009 I read about a lady that has over 57,000 hours and is the highest time pilot in the world. Its fixed wing but at least we know the top.Evelyn Bryan Johnson, 57,635.4 hours! One of the first female helicopter pilots, Whirly-Girl #20 ...and she has a little time under the rotors of a flailing, burning helicopter too, saving the pilot, for which she was awarded the Carnegie Medal. links:http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-1...cordpilot_N.htm http://www.aopa.org/asf/publications/inst_...fm?article=8515 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Johnson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niteshade Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 The pilot with the most flying hours is American John Edward Long. From May 1933 to April 1977 he flew 62 654 hours, achieving a total of more than 7 years airborne. Albeit not rotary, but an impressive number regardless of how you're staying aloft. From http://www.triviafactoids.com/2009/05/pilo...g-hours_18.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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