TopFlight
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Training Courses
Signature Mountain Training Course
22 Hour Mountain Course (with optional NVG)
Topflight’s signature mountain training course. Three weeks of comprehensive training designed to equip a pilot with the necessary skills for safe mountain flying.
Beginning with basic aircraft handling skills and an introduction to mountain flying concepts, the course progressively introduces the student to higher altitudes, more complex terrain, and advanced techniques.
Students will study terrain airflow, mountain illusions, the contour crawl, the basic mountain recce, platform landings, confined areas, and power management. The course exposes the student to a variety of terrain at different altitudes, including cirques, deep-set and shallow-set saddles, ridges, shoulders, ledges, crowns, pinnacles, glaciers, alpine meadows, canyons, riverbeds, and dead-end valleys.
This course includes:
• 22 hours of flight training
• 6 hours NVG flight training (optional)
• 3 days of ground school
• Pre and post flight briefings
• Final closed book exam
• Confirmation flight test
Course duration: 21 days
Other Courses
Recurrent Training
Recurrent Training
AS350B3, H125, EC120 and Bell 407
Aircraft systems review, emergency procedures with full down autorotation to ground, day and night, and a review of operational flying procedures.
This course includes:
• 3 hours flight training
• 1 day ground school
Course duration: 3 days
Recurrent Training with Basic Mountain Procedures
Recurrent Training with Basic Mountain Procedures
AS350B3, H125, EC120 and Bell 407
Aircraft systems review, emergency procedures with full down autorotation to ground, day and night, and a review of operational flying procedures, including 5 hours of basic mountain flying procedures.
- 8 hours flight training
- 2 days ground school
Course duration: 7 days
Initial Turbine Endorsement (no previous turbine experience)
Initial Turbine Endorsement (no previous turbine experience)
AS350B3, H125, EC120 and Bell 407
- 5 hours flight training
- 2 days ground school
- Includes emergency procedures to the ground.
duration: 4 days
Type Endorsement
Type Endorsement
AS350B3, H125, EC120 and Bell 407
- 3 hours flight training
- 2 days ground school
Includes emergency procedures to the ground.
Course duration: 4 days
Vertical Reference / Long-line
Vertical Reference and Long-Line
AS350B3, H125, EC120 and Bell 407
Course options include basic / advanced precision long line including Class D or HEC, and SAR.
- 5-10 hours flight training (depending on type of training)
- 1 day ground school
Course duration: 3-5 days
Water Bucketing and Fire Fighting Techniques
Water Bucketing and Fire Fighting Techniques
AS350B3, H125, EC120 and Bell 407
Pilots need to be current on selected aircraft type.
- 2 hours flight training
- 1 day ground school
Course duration: 2 days
Night Vision Goggles (NVG) – Initial
Night Vision Goggles (NVG) – Initial
AS350B3, H125, EC120 and Bell 407
This course includes:
- 5 hours of flight training
- 1 day of ground school (2 half days)
- Green and white phosphorus ANVIS-9 night vision goggles are provided.
Course duration: 5 days
Please Note: Restrictions apply. Please contact us to determine your eligibility for this course.
Night Vision Goggles (NVG) – Advanced
Night Vision Goggles (NVG) – Advanced Mountain
AS350B3, H125, EC120 and Bell 407
This course enables pilots to land in unlit confined areas and includes:
- Minimum 4 hours of flight training
- Half day of ground school
- Green and white phosphorus ANVIS-9 night vision goggles are provided.
Course duration: 5 days
Notes
- Custom courses can be developed to meet specific requirements.
- All courses are offered in English. Flight instruction is also provided in German and Spanish, upon request.
- All courses including NVG are available for the AS350B3, H125, H120 and Bell 407.
- Toplight can also provide training on and off-site utilizing customer aircraft