If you just want to satisfy your curiosity about what it’s like to fly a helicopter or perhaps you are thinking of starting a course of instruction and want to try flying with me at Conington, a trial lesson will be the ideal thing for you.

Unlike some other trial lessons, I will give you the full time allotted in the aircraft; the briefing is not included in the time. I treat the trial lesson as a proper lesson - I give the student as much hands-on time as possible during the flight. During the lesson I’ll demonstrate the procedures in the event of an engine failure and by the end of it I will hand over the controls one by one and you will be able to try your hand at hovering the aircraft for a short while.

By the end of the trial lesson I can usually tell reasonably accurately how long it will take you to achieve the standard required to pass the General Flight Test for the PPL(H)