There is no doubt that doing your flying theory is one of the most important aspects of learning to fly. Good theory instruction paves the way for a good understanding of aviation principles and how they affect you for your entire career. Theory should not be thought of as a necessary evil that you just need to get through or something that you do at a theory only school first, you would be missing the point.

In our opinion if the flying school you are choosing does not also teach the theory then they are not serious about teaching you to fly. We take our theory courses very seriously. When we first started we used to subcontract the CPL theory to a dedicated theory school. We found that when the students came to us for the flying, all they knew was how to pass a theory exam, having learning questions by rote rather than actually learning and understanding the material. This led to all sorts of problems in the cockpit so we decided to teach our own theory with much better results.

Our preference is for you to have completed at least 5 hours of helicopter flight time before you start the CPL theory (not mandatory but preferred) as we have found this gives you a better understanding of the new topics you are now beginning to learn. You will find that some organizations say you should do all of your theory first before you get to involved in your flying. This will not help you. It is better to do some flying and some theory to integrate the course. It also helps to have a helicopter available to look at, play with and fly in during your course.

Think what it would be like teaching someone the theory of how to drive a car and that person had never been in a car before. Now put that person in a car for several hours then go back to the classroom, imagine the difference in understanding and retention of the information. This is how we treat Helicopter Training.

You will find our courses are fairly intensive as you start at 8am and finish at 5:00pm five days a week, not to mention the extra study and revision you will have to do at nights and over the weekend. If you are like most of our students and have not had your head in a book for several years (mostly 10 or more!) then we completely understand and have found this not to be a problem. Our detailed notes, enthusiastic instructors and the constant revision help you learn at your pace and cover every part of the syllabus in the chosen course.

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In-house, correspondence or on-line
Currently we have two options for you to do your theory, that is in-house or by correspondence. The third option, on-line courses are on the way.You have to ask yourself "what is going to be the best way for me to do the theory? This varies from person to person. Some like to have a hard copy and work out of a paper folder, some live in front of a computer so on-line is the way to go. Some want to focus on what they are doing, get a feel for the industry and come and train in-house with us. What ever you decide we have a system and a course to suit.