Fly a helicopter yourself from Bern Airport

You have chosen to fly a helicopter on a ROBINSON RH44 from Bern-Belp airport.

The ROBINSON RH44 is a 4-seat helicopter, including pilot. This type of helicopter is very popular in the USA.

You arrive at the airport and your instructor greets you with a coffee or mineral. Then comes a quick theory lesson on helicopter flight and aerodynamics. You’re bubbling with anticipation and it’s time to head for the helicopter waiting on the tarmac. Before taking the controls, you inspect the helicopter. Your instructor will show you the crucial points to check before a helicopter flight. Then you climb aboard and sit in the pilot’s seat on the right. The controller gives you take-off clearance. You activate the general pitch (the collective pitch) to your left to take off. The rotor gains speed until it reaches 395 rpm for take-off. Concentration is at its peak. The adventure begins, you relax as your instructor is by your side, correcting you if necessary.

Flying a helicopter and getting an introduction to the ROBINSON RH44 is the dream of many people. Swissraft is here to help you make it come true.

We offer introductory helicopter flights from Épagny en Gruyère airfield. We also offer introductory helicopter flights from Fehraltorf airfield in the canton of Zurich. We also offer introductory helicopter flights from Buttwil. But also from Grenchen airfield in the canton of Solothurn. We also offer introductory flights from the Pfaffnau heliport near Lucerne. Then we have introductory flights from the Balzers heliport in Liechtenstein. We also offer introductory helicopter flights from Sitterdorf airfield in eastern Switzerland. At the same time, in Graubünden, from the heliports of Samedan, St. Gallen and St. Moritz, the heliports of St. Moritz and St. Moritz were used for the first time. In St. Moritz and Untervaz we offer introductory flights. We also offer introductory flights from Locarno-Magadino and Lodrino.

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From Bern Belp airport, take a ride on the ECUREUIL H125 and bring along two friends as passengers.

The ECUREUIL H125 is a 6-seater helicopter including pilot. It is a powerful helicopter also designed for transporting goods in high mountains.

Let two people in your circle enjoy this introduction to flying an Ecureuil H125 helicopter. Your instructor welcomes you. Then you’re off to the briefing room for a theory lesson on the helicopter and aerodynamics. Flying a helicopter is more complex than flying a plane, and requires a great deal of finesse. Particularly for take-off or hovering, you need to coordinate 4 controls simultaneously. Firstly, the collective, plus the throttle, secondly the cyclic, and finally the rudder at your feet. After this short theoretical course on piloting, you head for your helicopter on the tarmac. Your instructor invites you to inspect the helicopter with him. Everything is in order, and you can now take your place on board as captain. Contact us! You start the turbine, which emits a characteristic whistling sound on start-up. Then the rotor starts to rev up until it reaches 395 rpm. You have just received take-off clearance from the control tower. Here we go, you activate the general pitch (the collective) and take off smoothly.

From Berne-Belp airport, Swissraft offers you 6 helicopter models to fly yourself.

We also offer introductory helicopter flights from Fehraltorf airfield. We also offer introductory flights in the canton of Fribourg from Épagny en Gruyère. We also offer introductory helicopter flights at Buttwil in Canton Aargau. As well as Grenchen in the canton of Solothurn. What’s more, we offer introductory helicopter flights from the Pfaffnau heliport and from Balzers in Liechtenstein. What’s more, in Eastern Switzerland we offer training from Sitterdorf airfield. But also in Graubünden from the heliports of Samedan, St. Moritz and St. Moritz. St. Moritz and Untervaz.

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