What documents do I need to fly a private helicopter?

Aircraft driver's license can be divided into "private photo" and "official photo". A "private photo" is a driver's license to buy, learn and fly a plane by yourself. "Business photos" are aimed at "professional pilots", who are often employed by general airlines to serve customers who rent or trust aircraft.

Regardless of "private photo" or "business photo", the driver's license obtained by the students can only be of a certain model. If you want to drive other models, you must pass the exam again. The general cost of private photos is about 654.38 million yuan, and the cost of business photos is about 400,000-550,000 yuan. Similar to obtaining a motor vehicle driver's license, obtaining an aircraft driver's license mainly includes three exams: physical examination, theoretical knowledge and actual flight.

Students need to learn the basic theory first:

The content involves aviation regulations, aviation meteorology, driving skills, navigation and other aspects of knowledge. You need to answer 100 questions in the exam, and more than 70 points will be considered as passing. Therefore, students with higher education, good English and good physical fitness can master flying faster. This is because most planes are imported from Europe and America, and they use all English flight manuals. In addition, it is best to have a certain understanding of aviation, machinery and other fields. Therefore, the threshold is much higher than the driver's license.

After passing the theoretical examination, they will participate in the physical examination of aviation personnel:

Students who apply for primary private photos must be at least 17 years old, the height of men should not be higher than 185cm, the height of women should not be higher than 180cm, they can wear glasses, and their vision should be above 0.7, and they should be free from color blindness and amblyopia.

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procedure

Ordinary citizens in China have to go through the following stages when learning to obtain "private photos": the first step: physical examination. The minimum physical examination standard for "private photos" students is to reach Class II standard and obtain Class II physical examination certificate issued by civil aviation health authorities;

Step 2: apply for a student driver's license in the civil aviation authorities;

Step 3: learn flight theory and flight operation technology;

Step 4: Pass the theoretical test of "Private Driver's License" and the practical test of flying skills. Full theoretical score 100, 80 points qualified. The practical test consists of two parts: the oral test to evaluate aviation knowledge and the practical test to show flying skills or proficiency. If the above examination is passed and the flight experience meets the relevant requirements, the last step is to apply for a "private driver's license" issued by the Civil Aviation Administration.

In addition, different models have different learning time. The fees charged by different models and different license grades are different, such as R22 helicopter flying hour fee of about 2,000 yuan, novice six-aircraft Cessna 1800 yuan, R44 helicopter of about 3,800 yuan, and glider 300 yuan once. According to this standard, the learning cost of private pilot license is generally around 1 10,000 yuan.

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