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V-LOG : HELICOPTER SOLO THEN MARRIED

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

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

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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IT'S THE BIG 49 FOR GARY

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*

"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

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

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

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!

NEW STUDENT : SPENSER PECK

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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NEW STUDENT : TYLER CHERRINGTON

Utah Helicopter Flight Academy welcomes

TYLER CHERRINGTON

as our newest helicopter pilot in training. We are looking forward to flying with him and seeing him progress. It is a great time to fly helicopters!!

"The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible."   -Arthur C. Clarke

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