US Navy awards Contractor Only Pilot Training – Rotary (COPTR) to Helicopter Institute

[RavenOne]

In a change to tradition the United States Navy has outsourcing initial rotary wing pilot training to the Texas based Helicopter Institute under the Contractor Only Pilot Training Rotary

https://www.airmedandrescue.com/lat...teitbqIvv_xxkLcqswAFIvZ6UJt9oopyXYw4ZebkrI0bc



Thus cutting out the intiial fixed wing training in the Beech T-6C Texan II, for those going to fly H-60, H-53, C/MV-22, H-1, etc anyhow I went to see Helicopter Institute booth at Heli Expo earlier this year in Atlanta and they have a fleet of Bell 206B Jet Ranger III and Robinson R44 Raven II, all formerly with UAE Horizon Flight Academy anyhow here are my photos below






cheers

 

[yasotay]

I thought the US Navy just began purchase of Leonardo A-119 derived helicopters for primary training.