500 Training

Tomas Sorenson and GCCUO

So, the eight days of training on the H369 G-CCUO is now finished and the helicopter returned to HalfPenny Green alias Wolverhampton. It has been an interesting and successful week, with experiments with the rpm, with autos, with tail rotor failures - both in flight and in the hover. We have looked at both normal flight and emergencies, navigation and airfield work. It has been a thorough test of the possibilities available to the helicopter.
We now know this one weighs 1571 lbs and that that gives it a lot of carrying power given that the all up weight is 3000 lbs. This is not always true of H369s - which, although always powerful, are often carrying more basic weight because they have auxillary tanks or more instruments etc. G-CCUO is a light machine, and therefore, perhaps, more suitable for training and rental.

Gee and G-CCUO

Tomas is now back to Kenya, back to working on getting his own machine (now beautifully painted by Edmondson) to Kenya, either via an American N reg or thanks to Kenyan inspectors who come here to the UK to certify it for the Kenyan register.
His future is now with flying in Kenya. I hope the training he had here works well for him.