Utah Helicopter tag:www.utahhelicopter.com,2008-10-23:/utah_helicopter/blog//1 2012-02-03T21:18:04Z Helicopter Pilot Training Movable Type 4.21-en V-LOG : HELICOPTER SOLO THEN MARRIED tag:www.utahhelicopter.com,2012:/utah_helicopter/blog//1.694 2012-02-03T21:01:43Z 2012-02-03T21:18:04Z Miranda Utah Helicopter Flight Academy student

BYRON BRAINARD

did his first helicopter solo this week. This is a intense and amazing experience that every helicopter pilot remembers.

Check out the video footage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XOZdJq0qcQ

AND as if SOLOing wasn't enough...just two days later Byron got married!!! Talk about an incredible week!!!

Congratulations, Byron!!!!

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]]> NEW STUDENT : LOGAN COBB tag:www.utahhelicopter.com,2012:/utah_helicopter/blog//1.693 2012-02-02T19:41:59Z 2012-02-02T19:52:43Z Miranda Utah Helicopter Flight Academy introduces

LOGAN COBB

as our newest helicopter pilot-in-training!! Logan is working on his private pilot helicopter license and will be flying with our helicopter team in Idaho.

Welcome, Logan!

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]]> NEW STUDENT : JC MAYNARD tag:www.utahhelicopter.com,2012:/utah_helicopter/blog//1.692 2012-02-01T22:12:48Z 2012-02-01T22:48:31Z Utah Helicopter Flight Academy is excited to welcome JC MAYNARD as a helicopter pilot-in-training. JC will be flying with us down in our new Saint George location and we are excited for the legacy of excellence that he brings. Welcome,... Miranda Utah Helicopter Flight Academy is excited to welcome

JC MAYNARD

as a helicopter pilot-in-training. JC will be flying with us down in our new Saint George location and we are excited for the legacy of excellence that he brings.

Welcome, JC!!!

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]]> *February Newsletter* tag:www.utahhelicopter.com,2012:/utah_helicopter/blog//1.691 2012-02-01T18:45:05Z 2012-02-01T18:53:49Z Enjoy the Utah Helicopter February Newsletter February_2012_Newsletter.pdf Fly safe and have a stellar month!!... Miranda Enjoy the Utah Helicopter February Newsletter

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Fly safe and have a stellar month!!

]]> IT'S THE BIG 49 FOR GARY tag:www.utahhelicopter.com,2012:/utah_helicopter/blog//1.690 2012-01-31T20:12:38Z 2012-01-31T21:12:03Z Miranda Utah Helicopter student, pilots, and staff want to wish Owner / Pilot, Gary Hansen, a very

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

To celebrate, we had a fiesta and some cake...DIET cake of course since we are all watching our helicopter 'weight and balance!'  Here are a few pics with Gary from last year.

Here's to MANY MORE incredible years!

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]]> HOPE IT GIVE YOU HELI...HOPE IT GIVES YOU HELI* tag:www.utahhelicopter.com,2012:/utah_helicopter/blog//1.689 2012-01-30T22:03:09Z 2012-01-30T23:46:31Z Miranda "We wake up every morning...With a big smile on our face...And it never seems out of place"

 11 DAYS TO HELI EXPO 2012

http://www.rotor.com/Events/HELIEXPO2012.aspx

Here are some pics from last year with Utah Helicopter pilots. We hope to see you there!

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And this was only a FEW of the great helicopters we saw!!!

Hope you can make it this year...

*song slightly modified-Gives you Hell  by All American Rejects

]]> JAKE CLARK HIRED AS HELICOPTER INSTRUCTOR tag:www.utahhelicopter.com,2012:/utah_helicopter/blog//1.688 2012-01-26T22:01:32Z 2012-01-26T22:08:27Z Miranda Utah Helicopter would like to announce that

JAKE CLARK

has been hired as a helicopter instructor at our Pocatello, Idaho location. Jake is a valuable asset to the Utah Helicopter Flight Academy team and we are glad to have him onboard--this time as an instructor.

WELCOME (back) JAKE!!!

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]]> BLAINE JEMMETT PROMOTED TO BASE MANAGER tag:www.utahhelicopter.com,2012:/utah_helicopter/blog//1.687 2012-01-26T21:42:28Z 2012-01-26T22:00:37Z Miranda Congratulations to

BLAINE JEMMETT 

Blaine_Jemmett1.jpgBlaine has been promoted to the position of Base Manager at the Idaho Falls Utah Helicopter Flight Academy location! Blaine has proven to be a natural leader and strong pilot. We are excited to have him continue flying helicopters with us in this position!

 

]]> SAINT GEORGE LOCATION BASE MANAGER tag:www.utahhelicopter.com,2012:/utah_helicopter/blog//1.686 2012-01-26T19:27:11Z 2012-01-30T23:50:18Z Miranda We are excited to announce that helicopter pilot, instructor, and Base Manager, Mike Robinson will be flying south...

...WAY SOUTH to sunny Saint George, Utah!!!

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Watch for the orange helicopters in the sky, Dixie, and we'll fly with YOU soon!

]]> V-LOG : HELICOPTER AXIS OF ROTATION tag:www.utahhelicopter.com,2012:/utah_helicopter/blog//1.685 2012-01-26T18:47:29Z 2012-01-26T18:58:04Z Miranda Helicopter instructor Darren Telliho, gives a quick lesson about the helicopter's axis of rotation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a7wBhsr4eE

 

"Now you know, and knowing is half the battle..." -G.I. Joe

]]> NEW STUDENT : KAMERON KIMBALL tag:www.utahhelicopter.com,2012:/utah_helicopter/blog//1.684 2012-01-26T00:20:14Z 2012-01-26T00:26:59Z Miranda Utah Helicopter Flight Academy welcomes

KAMERON KIMBALL

as our newest helicopter pilot-in-training. Welcome to the team, Kameron!!!

"Everyone has a fair turn to be as great as he pleases" -Jeremy Collier

 

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]]> V-LOG : FOUR FORCES IN A HOVER tag:www.utahhelicopter.com,2012:/utah_helicopter/blog//1.683 2012-01-25T21:26:10Z 2012-01-25T21:34:26Z Miranda CFI student, Andy Koch, teaches a short lesson on the four forces in a helicopter hover (also includes a blooper 'real').

Take it away....Andy!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldXBf8MVXBA&feature=g-upl&context=G2f2a1e1AUAAAAAAABAA

]]> NEW STUDENT : SPENSER PECK tag:www.utahhelicopter.com,2012:/utah_helicopter/blog//1.682 2012-01-25T21:05:57Z 2012-01-25T21:15:35Z Miranda Utah Helicopter Flight Academy has added

SPENSER PECK

as one of our amazing helicopter pilots-in-training! We are excited to be flying helicopters with him and are glad to have him on our team. Welcome, Spenser!

"No man was ever wise by chance" ~Seneca

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]]> V-LOG : HELICOPTER TRAFFIC PATTERN tag:www.utahhelicopter.com,2012:/utah_helicopter/blog//1.681 2012-01-24T19:53:21Z 2012-01-24T20:23:24Z Just another day at the office /school for Utah Helicopter Pilot, BJ Belnap and helicopter student/pilot, Colton Lambert. Is this really your job???!! SERIOUSLY COOL! Check it out... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf2zuUk545w... Miranda Just another day at the office /school for Utah Helicopter Pilot, BJ Belnap and helicopter student/pilot, Colton Lambert.

Is this really your job???!!

SERIOUSLY COOL!

Check it out...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf2zuUk545w

]]> V-LOG : SYMPATHETIC RESONANCE tag:www.utahhelicopter.com,2012:/utah_helicopter/blog//1.680 2012-01-20T20:32:12Z 2012-01-20T20:34:55Z Miranda Join the Utah Helicopter pilots for a short helicopter lesson on sympathetic resonance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Uw0rcS5Xf0

Knowledge is power...

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