Great instructor, no doubt. One CFI to another, well done. Love the student's tunnel vision. Fun to watch as we all forget (well we actually never forget completely) our first lesson; fixed or rotor. 10 hrs from now, the students head will be on the swivel, as the muscle memory starts working. Enjoyed this.
First flew rotor wing while I was in the National Guard and before I earned my private ticket (had just done my first solo in the fixed wing). Was an aide flying with a Major from a Guard Camp to Ft. Carson, CO. The Major knew I was working toward my private ticket. About 10 minutes into the flight he asks if I'd like to give it ago. "Sure!" That became my first and only lesson in a rotor wing. Still fun.
Looking good there Swanye. You did much much better than me on my first flight in a helicopter. Flew nearly 8 hours straight yesterday and I still love it, 5 years later :-) Keep up the good videos.
So envious, man that looked so cool! I can't afford helicopter lessons but I should do a discovery flight in an r22 That is within my reach, you are an inspiration. Hope my instructor is as cool as yours.
What a view! It is pretty crazy trying out helicopter flying. I too flew the R22 for the first time back in May and that was some great times. Wish your instructor would have done an autorotation, those were fun! Great video as always!
Love the video man!! I'm hoping to be able to try out a helicopter one day! You along with several other aviation UA-camrs inspired me to create my own channel man! I love the passion you are able to show in all your videos. I wanted to try and express that passion through my videos as well man! Hopefully one day I'll have a channel as successful as yours!
Good instructor! Been in a helicopter one time and I really preferred fixed wing. Especially when you add in the cost compared to fixed wing. Nice video? Thanks
Thank you Swayne for sharing that video, I really enjoyed it. I agree with everyone else about the great instructor you had. What a positive attitude he has. People like that make you want to get right back at it ASAP. I also like the music you always play in your videos. Can you please list the artist or title when you play them?
I don't know if you remember me, "jojothebeast18" on instagram. You DMd me and you made my day! You are the best Swayne!! You inspire young student pilots like me. I want to be just like you!
Good Job!!! You remind me of my first few flights in the Good Ol R22. Now I'm studying as a CFI Applicant and having tons of fun learning the teaching side of Helicopter Flight Training. Are you actually pursuing your Private in Helicopters as well?
Great video man!!! I really want to become an airline pilot, but everyone pressures me not to get an aviation degree, because it has no backup in case you lose your medical. Do you think an aviation degree is worth it? What would you do if you lost your medical(god forbid)?
Peter Kelly I think it is just his serious face, I noticed that too. He was able to make those fine adjustments so he must have been cool calm and collective lol see what I did there? helicopter joke!
I've been in a car wreck, motorcycle wreck, sunk a boat, airplane crash. You've inspired me! Time to go for the helo. Please don't start engineering a train. I'm not going there.
Wow...incredible and very smooth. Okay....one question. From my understanding the R22 is an extremely agile helo....why not fly first in a more "giving" helo?
Why Is everything talking about how that’s such a good instructor, I just don’t understood, can someone tell me why he’s such a good instructor.And like If you agree he’s just a normal Instructor.
As a high time helicopter pilot, I'd urge you, as would basically everyone I know, not to fly in an R22 again. I've flown one twice and decided I'd never do it again. Since then I've been to 4 R22 crash sites. There is a reason so many pilots refuse to fly them. Any non econobox helicopter will provide much more fun & safety. You did an amazing job for a first timer though. I fly an MD530F, the Porsche of helicopters, try a 500 if you are ever able to.
Agreed, seems easier said than done. Many of us just find them inherently cheap and unsafe. I trained in a 300 which I found rugged, safe, and well built. Everyone makes their own choices, I would rather never fly again than fly an R22.
I'm not crazy about the piston helicopters or piston twin airplanes. I wish I could've flown the OH6 (500 series) over the OH-58 (206 jet ranger). Thumbs up to you If you're flying the 530F, it doesn't get much better than that in that class. I still feel safer when flying turbine fixed though :) I thought the OP did a nice job hovering, a lot of people you have to worry about touching skids while moving sideways or them hitting the stinger as they porpoise the helicopter while death gripping the cyclic and moving it to, fro, and side to side 6 inches at a time. Flight instructor was great and this guy has a nice control touch! Good job.
What a wonderful instructor! This guy is so encouraging and smooth!
was thinking the same thats what you want also he just let him get on with it
Blake was awesome! Perfect instructor for my first helo lesson
Eric U ay
Great instructor, no doubt. One CFI to another, well done. Love the student's tunnel vision. Fun to watch as we all forget (well we actually never forget completely) our first lesson; fixed or rotor. 10 hrs from now, the students head will be on the swivel, as the muscle memory starts working. Enjoyed this.
He's a natural instructor for sure.
First flew rotor wing while I was in the National Guard and before I earned my private ticket (had just done my first solo in the fixed wing). Was an aide flying with a Major from a Guard Camp to Ft. Carson, CO. The Major knew I was working toward my private ticket. About 10 minutes into the flight he asks if I'd like to give it ago. "Sure!" That became my first and only lesson in a rotor wing. Still fun.
GA needs more instructors like this guy
If i ever learn flying helicopters i want this guy to be my instructor
What a great Instructor! Dude enjoys what he's doing!
that instructor is amazing, very calm and confident
as a helicopter myself that CFI was awesome
I love planes and helicoptors and watching your guick 7 ish minute videos is the highlight of my day.
What an awesome instructor. Makes me want to fly rotors..
Looking good there Swanye. You did much much better than me on my first flight in a helicopter. Flew nearly 8 hours straight yesterday and I still love it, 5 years later :-) Keep up the good videos.
Swayne:
You looked "really" apprehensive there!
I've never seen such a simplistic chopper before this video. The world needs one in every garage.
6min20sec of pure awesomeness. Seriously, you're living the life!
Great video, you’re a natural, Swayne 😃👌👌👌
Great job both of you.
So envious, man that looked so cool! I can't afford helicopter lessons but I should do a discovery flight in an r22 That is within my reach, you are an inspiration. Hope my instructor is as cool as yours.
This is one of the most under-rated channels on UA-cam. Love your content! :)
Great to see you trying out the "real" challenge in flying, who needs runways? Great video!
What a view! It is pretty crazy trying out helicopter flying. I too flew the R22 for the first time back in May and that was some great times. Wish your instructor would have done an autorotation, those were fun! Great video as always!
Great video Swayne! With a little practice Rotor Wing flying can expand your horizons! Awesome! Happy flying always! Mark in Iowa.
Awesome! Great instructor.
This instructor is actually amazing
i just went on my first discovery flight, I'm now hooked on aviation for sure.
Love the video man!! I'm hoping to be able to try out a helicopter one day! You along with several other aviation UA-camrs inspired me to create my own channel man! I love the passion you are able to show in all your videos. I wanted to try and express that passion through my videos as well man! Hopefully one day I'll have a channel as successful as yours!
Good instructor! Been in a helicopter one time and I really preferred fixed wing. Especially when you add in the cost compared to fixed wing. Nice video? Thanks
Great video Swayne!
Thanks for a great video! This made 6 minutes of my day that much better!
Thank you Swayne for sharing that video, I really enjoyed it. I agree with everyone else about the great instructor you had. What a positive attitude he has. People like that make you want to get right back at it ASAP. I also like the music you always play in your videos. Can you please list the artist or title when you play them?
Stick with it. You're a natural.
Great job both of you, the scenery is fantastic :-)
I don't know if you remember me, "jojothebeast18" on instagram. You DMd me and you made my day! You are the best Swayne!! You inspire young student pilots like me. I want to be just like you!
Vacationer is rad. Dudes old band was The Starting Line. Bangers.
Welcome to the dark side Swayne! Did he show you an autorotation? I remember the first auto blowing my mind.
It was for me too
Looks like a perfect place to spend your summer at
I love watching your videos and hope to go to North Dakota Aviation school some day
Way to go Swayne! I was so nervous for you...
Good Job!!! You remind me of my first few flights in the Good Ol R22. Now I'm studying as a CFI Applicant and having tons of fun learning the teaching side of Helicopter Flight Training. Are you actually pursuing your Private in Helicopters as well?
The best instructor!!
Great video really enjoyed this, I do want to do my PPL(H) one day!
Nice one Swayne.
Awesome ,, very well at flight controls
Nice! I gotta give that a shot some day. I have the same cap as you. Love it!
Good times! 😄
Would love to get my helicopter license once I get all the other licenses I need to become an airline pilot. Looks so fun.
Congratulations on 30,000 subscribers!!!
95% of my helicopter lessons are on here. Maybe you'll find them useful
ua-cam.com/video/jzJStYs9yPc/v-deo.html
Great video man!!! I really want to become an airline pilot, but everyone pressures me not to get an aviation degree, because it has no backup in case you lose your medical. Do you think an aviation degree is worth it? What would you do if you lost your medical(god forbid)?
Good on you Swayne
Nice job!!
i will go to America learn helicopter，so happy to see this。谢谢
Awesome video ! And yup the instructor was so niceee !
Good on you mate ✌🏻
best aussie heli flyer in Hawaii
Interesting I lasted a few seconds on the bell 206 controls :D But love the spirit of that Guy very passionate about Aviation
Nice man! Good stuff flying with Mauna Loa.
You looked very hesitant there mate .. so would I .. totally different space to get your head around .. Fly on ..
Peter Kelly I think it is just his serious face, I noticed that too. He was able to make those fine adjustments so he must have been cool calm and collective lol see what I did there? helicopter joke!
thats so cool!!! I really want to get the helicopter add on to my license.
I've been in a car wreck, motorcycle wreck, sunk a boat, airplane crash. You've inspired me! Time to go for the helo. Please don't start engineering a train. I'm not going there.
The instructor seems like a great led. Looks like I would finish my flight training with very fast.
I bet that was trippy since you only had fixed wing experience! Whoa.
Ummmm.....what's the deal with the doors (or lack there of)? Are they optional?
Lazy Bastard It’s not meant for much by sight seeing. They are to teach not like to take it high.
Very nice instructor
Wow...incredible and very smooth. Okay....one question. From my understanding the R22 is an extremely agile helo....why not fly first in a more "giving" helo?
shakenama the r22 is the single most common trainer chopper in my experience. Small, cheap, piston chops don't come in many varieties.
Nice video thanks for sharing.
When are you going to start flying the big planes ?
I like that Instructor.
Ah yes, the classic KOA pilot ID arm band 😜 Oh yeah, did you get special sunglasses for flying? (Non-polarized) and if so, where from?
That's a nice instructor haha, Excelent!
Very interesting video :)
awesome. good job bud.
Why does it look like at the beginning the helicopter was taxiing?
That's what I love about USA, you can reveive a lot of high level and professional of aviation training in any flight school!
I know well fly with Heli RC do you think I can fly easly with size ?
Hi, I would just know how do you record RADIO COM ? Did you used a voice recorder or something like that ?
TC is the best helicopter pilot in Hawaii.
who is the artist of the music? i like it
Get into it Swayne, but be warned - once you go rotary you'll never want to go back!
Why Is everything talking about how that’s such a good instructor, I just don’t understood, can someone tell me why he’s such a good instructor.And like If you agree he’s just a normal Instructor.
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Nice video what song is that?
like a boss
How much is the flight hour?
$317 dual, $292 solo /hr
Aren't they developing helicopters that only have a joystick?
nice video :)
Helicopters are amazing aren t they?
Do you live in hawaii?
Plz don't start doing helicopters, PLEASE
XD jk great video and what a great instructor! Keep up the amazing content bro!
At! Love u man #Aviation
Well, you're building your career but leaving Hawaii...man, i dunno. A little less stress it seems. But i like your vids
It’s the smart car of the air....
HELICOPTERS TAXI?!?!?
That instructor sounds Scottish.. which is a good thing :)
Aussie
As a high time helicopter pilot, I'd urge you, as would basically everyone I know, not to fly in an R22 again. I've flown one twice and decided I'd never do it again. Since then I've been to 4 R22 crash sites. There is a reason so many pilots refuse to fly them. Any non econobox helicopter will provide much more fun & safety. You did an amazing job for a first timer though. I fly an MD530F, the Porsche of helicopters, try a 500 if you are ever able to.
TheContentExchange most people can't afford turbine time out of pocket though. Gotta stay in that safety envelope in a Robbie.
Agreed, seems easier said than done. Many of us just find them inherently cheap and unsafe. I trained in a 300 which I found rugged, safe, and well built. Everyone makes their own choices, I would rather never fly again than fly an R22.
I'm not crazy about the piston helicopters or piston twin airplanes. I wish I could've flown the OH6 (500 series) over the OH-58 (206 jet ranger). Thumbs up to you If you're flying the 530F, it doesn't get much better than that in that class. I still feel safer when flying turbine fixed though :) I thought the OP did a nice job hovering, a lot of people you have to worry about touching skids while moving sideways or them hitting the stinger as they porpoise the helicopter while death gripping the cyclic and moving it to, fro, and side to side 6 inches at a time.
Flight instructor was great and this guy has a nice control touch! Good job.
That's why I bought it, dream ship!
Great job very soon you are going to supplement your income by doing sightseeing flights.
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Fantastic job, great video man!!!
Great video, the instructor was so positive and encouraging. You did really well, Swayne 😃👌👌👏👏👏
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