Private and recreational flying · Private-pilot course
Private Pilot Course (R-22, initial)
Heliflight of Michigan · Oakland Troy Airport, Troy · United States
At a glance
- Training category
- Private and recreational flying
- Aircraft category
- Helicopter
- Prepares for
- Private Pilot Certificate, rotorcraft-helicopter
- Jurisdiction
- United States
- Authority
- FAA
- Training framework
- FAA Part 61 (instructor-based training, no school certificate)
- Training base
- Oakland Troy Airport (KVLL)
- Delivery
- In person
- Schedule
- Schedule not stated
What it teaches and what completion provides
- Teaches
- Initial private pilot helicopter course in the Robinson R-22; the page also describes an add-on course for pilots adding a rotorcraft-helicopter rating.
- Completion provides
- Preparation for the FAA private pilot knowledge test, oral exam and flight test.
- Still required
- FAA written test, oral exam and flight test with an examiner.
- Approval scope
- The source does not say how this course relates to the school's approval.
A course completion certificate is not necessarily a pilot licence or rating. The licensing authority issues licences and ratings after its own requirements are met.
Entry requirements
- Minimum age
- 17 (as published)
- Prerequisites
- Read, speak and understand English
- Written test endorsement
- Third-class medical certificate
- Prior qualifications
- Not published
- Required experience
- Not published
- Language requirements
- Not published
- Medical
- A third-class medical certificate is required (as summarised from the course page).
Only an official aeromedical assessment can establish medical fitness. This site does not decide eligibility.
Duration and hours
These figures answer different questions and must not be read as one another. Weather, aircraft availability, student progress, examinations and scheduling all affect real completion time.
Regulatory minimum
40 h flight time
FAA minimum as summarised from the page: 40 total, including 20 dual and 10 solo.
Advertised package hours
- Flight: 40 h
- Dual: 30 h
- Solo: 10 h
- Ground: 35 h
- Initial course hours listed on the page: 30 flight instruction, 10 solo, 35 ground.
School-reported typical completion
Not published. No typical completion time is estimated here.
- Calendar duration
- Not published
- Intake / booking
- Not published
Training stages and assessments
Examinations and assessments
- FAA private pilot knowledge test
- Oral exam
- Flight test
Published prices
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- Deposit and cancellation
- Not published
Authority records for this school and base
Stated by the schoolFAAFAA Part 61 (instructor-based training, no school certificate)No school certificate applies
Scope: Helicopter instruction under Part 61; no FAA school certificate.
A record for the school does not necessarily cover this specific course; the scope is shown where the source states it.