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Tiger Helicopters

Shobdon Aerodrome, Leominster, HR6 9NR, United Kingdom (UK)

The Story of Tiger Helicopters

History

Alan Ramsden started flying at Shobdon Airfield in 1977 – initially on aeroplanes with a view to becoming a fixed wing instructor. However, after a 5 minute pleasure flight in a B206 JetRanger, where he first experienced the thrill and excitement of helicopter flight, Alan was hooked. He went on to sell his house, his car and his share in the family business in order to raise the funds to become a commercial helicopter pilot and instructor! He founded Tiger Helicopters in 1992 and, together with the Tiger Team, has helped develop both the Helicopter school and Shobdon Airfield.

Achievements

One of the team’s proudest achievements came in 2005 when we acquired our first overseas contract. This was to train the next generation of Police Helicopter Pilots for Kuwait. With a 100% success rate, a further contract to train Police Helicopter Pilots for Algeria was awarded to Tiger. This contract of over 10,000 flying hours, was completed in 2012 without a single accident or incident. We are extremely proud of this and it is a huge credit to all of the Tiger Team.

Future Ambition

The UK School is growing as the UK’s economy recovers from a difficult recession. We remain firmly committed to our UK school and it is great to see an upturn in students coming through our doors, ready for the excitement and challenge of helicopter flight!

Many of our students travel great distances to train with us, which is very humbling. Hopefully it’s because of our world class facilities and excellent instruction. We now offer Helicopter Pilot training to individuals, large companies and Governments. We take individuals from never having flown before, all the way up, to being Commercial Pilots and Flight Instructors.

The global demand for helicopter pilots is increasing rapidly. Tiger’s ambition is to keep re-investing in the business to help meet this growing need. Currently our capacity is 60 overseas students as well as a thriving UK school. As for the future? The Sky’s No Limit…!

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Helicopter Flight Instructor Courses

Many people who are looking at potentially earning money as a Helicopter Pilot soon discover that becoming a Flight Instructor is the quickest way of entering this competitive Career market. It allows pilots to build experience whilst earning a living wage flying.
Our resident FIC Instructor, Captain Alan Ramsden, has over 40 years of flying experience and has taught many people the art of Flight Instruction which allowed them to progress their careers. Not just as Flight Instructors, but also onto larger aircraft including, Police, Air Ambulance and Off Shore.
It is well know in the Industry that Flight Instructors will make the best Commercial Pilots of the future because of the varied experiences they attain whilst teaching people to fly.

The advantages of training with Tiger Helicopters

Approved by the UK CAA/EASA to conduct FIC Courses
Ideal training location in uncontrolled airspace
Friendly Airfield without long holding times
No excessive landing fees or hidden extras
Friendly club atmosphere and active social scene.
Your own personal instructor.
Flexible scheduling to suit you.
Assistance with financial planning and personalised career plan.
Transport & accommodation available if required.
Job placement assistance.
Excellent safety record

Trial Lesson

Probably the best way to experience helicopter flight is to have a Trial Lesson. Have you always wondered what helicopter flight feels like? Are you thinking you’d like to become a helicopter pilot but you’re not sure if it is for you? Are you looking for the perfect gift to buy a loved one or friend for their birthday or other special occasion? Look no further!
Whatever the reason for choosing a Trial Lesson, we guarantee one thing: You Will Love it!!
The helicopter Trial lesson can be carried out in the Robinson R22 or the Bell 206 JetRanger. This includes a 30-minute one to one pre-flight briefing on, safety procedures, basic helicopter controls and the instruments. Once airborne you will be introduced to level flight, turns, power changes as well as hovering. Flight time for this experience varies from 15 minutes and upwards. The R22 has two seats and carries the Instructor and one person. The Bell JetRanger carries the Instructor and one person in the front, and can also carry up to three people in the back (subject to weight).

Helicopter Flight Training Exercises – The Flying

During your flight training you will complete the following 30 Exercises. These will teach you all of the skills required to safely pilot the Helicopter. Prior to each flight your Instructor will give you a detailed briefing of the Exercise to be flown.

Familiarisation with the aircraft (Ground briefs only)
Preparation for action and after flight (Ground briefs only)
Air Experience – your first flight
The effects of the controls in flight
Attitude, speed and power changes
Straight and Level Flight
Climbing
Descending
Turning
Auto rotations – “Helicopter gliding”
Hovering
Take off and landing from the ground
Take off and landing from the hover into forward flight
Circuits – basic airfield traffic procedures in the air and Emergency Procedures
First solo flight
Hovering sideways and backwards
Turning on the spot
Vortex ring – the helicopter “Stall”
Auto rotation landings
Auto rotations at different speeds
Auto rotations to a specific “Field”
Steep turns
Precision hovering
Quick stops
Pilot navigation
Take off and landing downwind
Take off and landing on sloping ground
Limited power operations
Confined area operations (back gardens etc.)
Instrument Flying