“Having just completed the Certified Flight Instructor Course at NEH I have been reminded yet again of a very important fact…there is never a time when a pilot is not learning new things. There is always new information to be learned from others and from oneself. To learn to fly a helicopter is to learn a skill from a teacher. To teach someone to fly a helicopter is to truly know how to fly one yourself.

People say that the first flight during the Flight Instructor Course is like learning to fly all over again. This could be applied not only to that first flight but to the whole course. Learning to be a helicopter flight instructor is like re-teaching yourself everything you were once taught.

I was prepared for this course very thoroughly at NEH and given excellent guidance throughout. It is a demanding and rewarding course and it is training of the quality I’ll remember for the rest of my career. “

Marlin Kontje

CFI

Posted on June 18th, 2008 by Mike
Filed under: Students