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Schweizer Helicopter Intro Flight

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Another cockpit POV video from the FlyingMAir YouTube channel.

Here’s an intro flight given to an airplane pilot in a Schweizer 300CB helicopter by one of Canyon State Aero’s CFIs, Trevor, back in January 2020. (Regular viewers of this channel might remember Trevor as the CFI I practiced autorotations with in another one of my videos.)

In this video, they lift off from Mesa’s Falcon Field Airport (FFZ) and head out to the practice area east of there. Trevor does a standard intro flight — the kind they’d do for potential new students — before returning to the airport. This video includes cockpit chatter as well as all radio communications between takeoff and landing.

Since recording this video, Canyon State Aero was sold; I’m not sure whether its new owners are still operating a flight school. This was shot prior to Covid lockdowns.

To get this video content, I had to split the cost of the demo flight with the student, who was an employee of Canyon State. Many, many thanks to channel members and Patreon patrons. It’s your membership dollars that made this flight and video possible. I hope they enjoy their ad-free, 2K version of this video.

Mesa to Sedona by Helicopter, Part 5

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Another video from the FlyingMAir YouTube channel.

Join me and fellow helicopter pilot Dave as we fly from Falcon Field in Mesa, AZ (FFZ) to Sedona, AZ (SEZ) along the Salt and Verde Rivers and through the Verde River Valley. I’ve cut this hour+ flight into multiple parts, each highlighting a specific area of our flight. In this video, we begin just north of Jerome, AZ and head north toward the mouth of Sycamore Canyon before turning east and skirting the red rock cliffs en route to Sedona. We land at the helipad. This video has the most red rock footage on a perfect day. Along the way, you’ll hear our in-cockpit conversation about what we’re seeing.

Dave is an airline pilot who was working through his helicopter rating. At the time of this flight, he was a private helicopter pilot; he got his commercial helicopter rating a few weeks later. Dave and I split the cost of this flight; I flew to Sedona and he flew back.

Many, many thanks to channel members and Patreon patrons. It’s your membership dollars that made this flight in Arizona possible. I hope they enjoy their ad-free, 4K version of this video.

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NOTE: This is the 1080 HD version of this video. An ad-free 4K UHD version of this video is available to YouTube Channel Members and Patreon Patrons at the Access Premium Content level. You can become a YouTube Channel member here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLGD_GbGsS6YKK_Ekx0QMqQ/join

Landing a Helicopter on a Platform

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From the Flying M Air Archives…

I just found this old video from July 2016! In it, you’ll see me landing my old helicopter on its platform on my driveway, shutting down, and dragging it into my garage. The footage was shot with a GoPro mounted on my deck. Not the best quality video, but something you might find interesting.

And I’m interested to see how many people comment about the bounce!

You can find more helicopter videos on the FlyingMAir YouTube channel.