There was no shortage of warnings when Wanchi Tang decided to pursue her helicopter training. Still, she chose to follow her dream — here, she shares her best tips for future students!
Cleared for Takeoff: My journey through training My name is Wanchi, I’m from the Netherlands, and I was an integrated CPL(H) student at EHC Norway in 2023. Before I started, I had talked with a lot of people in the heli industry. While some have discouraged me to embark on this journey as it is not an “easy” industry and I am older (I was 38 at the time), I thought “What if I do this and I never find a job? Will it still be worth it?” For me, the answer was yes, as this was a childhood dream of mine and it had never been a possibility before. So, I fully went for it. I loved my time at EHC. Knowing the- ory is the part where many students get stuck, I was eager to get started Norway is so beautiful. My advice would be to make the most out of the timeslot and freedom you’re given! There are routes you cannot fly solo, so save those flying solo to find the Junkers Ju 52 plane wreck, a SPIC flight to a helipad outside of a fish restaurant in Sweden to have lunch, a SPIC flight over Hardangervidda and the night VFR flights over Oslo, of course. on tackling that as quickly as possible. After that was done, I could complete- ly focus on and enjoy the flying part. routes for SPIC (student pilot in com- mand) flights. My favourite flights were
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