Our background is from military aviation.  The most challenging and demanding of environments.  All our instructors have in excess of 3500 hours in Helicopters.  They have all flown at least 4 different helicopter types and have seen active service.

We offer training for all aspects of specialist aviation activity:

Advanced and specialist training -

• Night Vision Devices:  All our instructors have over 500 hours on NVD.
• Malfunction handling: improve your skills to military standards.
• Hot and High:  Operational experience allows you to push you and your machine to the safe limit.  Military applications.
• Operational:  High Threat Environment operations.
• Load Lifting:  'Commando' experience of load lifting day and night - carriage of unusual loads is our speciality.
• Display flying:  Our pilots have displayed the Sea King MK4, Lynx AH7 and Gazelle AH1.   
• Deck Landing Training - Our instructors have been trained by the Fleet Air Arm with a world wide reputation for professionalism and skill.  The very best techniques passed to your crews.  Each captain has over 2000 deck landings conducted in all weathers, day and night.

• Vantage Aviation also trains the Helicopter pilots for tomorrow, whether this is for pleasure, business or the start of a long career as a professional pilot.  The first stop is the PPL(H).  We are here to help you on your journey.

Private Pilots licence.

• PPL (H) - We are also a CAA approved Registered training facility at 3 airfields and able to conduct ground training and exams - The PPL(H) course is 45 hours in total including 10 hours of solo flight!  Package deal for whole course is available.

Vantage Aviation prides it self on the quality of instruction.  We do not employ inexperienced instructors or pilots.