Mon, Feb 08, 2010
New Program Will Have Students Fly Robinson And Sikorsky
Helos
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
(ERAU) recently announced its selection of Universal Helicopters
(UHI) as the exclusive provider of the Helicopter Flight Training
Program to students at the university’s Prescott, AZ, campus.
The Embry-Riddle Flight Line will now be closely aligned with
Universal Helicopters' Center of Excellence facility at Prescott's
Love Field Airport (KPRC).
The new agreement provides helicopter training for students to
obtain the Private, Commercial, Instrument, Certified Flight
Instructor, and Instrument Certified Flight Instructor
certificates. ERAU/UHI will use a combination of the Sikorsky
S-300C, Robinson R22, and Robinson R44 IFR helicopters in the
student flight-training program.
File Photo: Robinson Helicopters
ERAU's contract with UHI simplifies the path for students
seeking helicopter flight training while enrolled in the
university's appropriate Veterans Administration benefits to attend
Embry-Riddle and take helicopter flight training at Universal
Helicopters.
This agreement allows students enrolled in the program the
opportunity to receive the appropriate student financial aid and VA
funding, to assist with the cost of their training. This program
allows veterans who qualify for the Post 9/11 “Yellow
Ribbon” GI Bill program to take helicopter flight and
fixed-wing flight at Embry-Riddle.
File Photo: Sikorsky 300C
All students in the ERAU/UHI training program will attend the
university's Prescott campus, which offers them the additional
benefit of training in high-density altitude
conditions/high-altitude environment, an experience most pilots can
obtain only at extra cost. Similar to the Embry-Riddle fixed-wing
experience, students in the helicopter program will train in an
area that is world-renowned for its sunny climate and great flying
weather, allowing uninterrupted flying year-round.
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