Holden Posted December 2, 2003 Report Share Posted December 2, 2003 Anybody know of a place on the east coast that has a 500 that you can get a check out in before you get your own bird? Also, is the factory school something that insurance would require or is a checkout with an instructor usually sufficient (dependant of course on pilot's qualifications). Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotorhead69 Posted December 10, 2003 Report Share Posted December 10, 2003 It usually depends on how much time you have in helicopters and your total time, also what your history is with the insurance company. ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heloflights Posted December 23, 2003 Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 We run a MD500C in the Washington DC and offering turbine transition training using factory materials in this A/C. We also have the factory E model materials in house as well. www.heloflights.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDRickster Posted December 23, 2003 Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 Is the website link active? Couldn't pull it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heloflights Posted December 29, 2003 Report Share Posted December 29, 2003 The link is active, try again! www.heloflights.com or www.heloflight.comwww.bussmannaviation.com ...should also work.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helopilot2be Posted January 6, 2004 Report Share Posted January 6, 2004 What are the rates to rent/train in the MD500.You can email me if you don't want to or "can't" post it hereChris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotorboy Posted January 8, 2004 Report Share Posted January 8, 2004 Things to consider: factory training in the 500 can only be recieved at the factory or by an approved "site". The reason you proably want the training is your insurance company requires it. MD school is not a bad deal, the ground and 5 hours of flight for about 5k. www.mdhelicopters.com go to services / training. There is another guy who is approved by the big insurance companys to do this traning , he does off site training only in customer aircraft. His name is Park Atin. www.helispecialists.com (i think). he used to be the chief pilot at MD I have heard that Western Ops in Cal now has some sort of deal with MD to provide factory approved training (which means it counts for insurance). MD is backlogged for several months on some gov contract for training. You will get to do things at " factory schools" that most people will not let you do in their helicopters when you do your "turbine transitions". Lots of ground contact manuvers at unusual airspeeds and attitudes. It would suck to go do a "turbine transition" and find out that your insurance company doesnt recognise the training. If you have some money to burn and want ot go fly to punch holes in the sky , have at it! rb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helofixer Posted January 8, 2004 Report Share Posted January 8, 2004 Well said Rotorboy, I get tired of people claiming to use "factory matierals" as if they were approved by the factory to do transitions. I am quite sure that none of the instructors working for the aforementioned company haven't even been to factory school themselves in the recent past. One correction though, Mr park Atken ( I think thats the spelling) was never ever ever ever ever ever chief pilot at MD. :cheers: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotorboy Posted January 8, 2004 Report Share Posted January 8, 2004 Helofixer, Sorry , my mistake, I know he used to be affiliated with md and is now one of the few who can provide training approved by most major insurance companys. rb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heloflights Posted February 20, 2004 Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 Chris: Our rates are $650/hr for flight time, $30/hr for ground school. The course is 5-6 hours in the air, and about 10 hours on the ground. I completed the factory course (in Mesa) in April 2001. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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