Specialist Helicopters delivers advanced helicopter flight training, checking and examination for pilots who already hold a commercial licence. Training is led by David Adamson — one of very few instructors who is both a CASA Grade One Flight Instructor and a CASA Flight Examiner (Helicopter) — so you can train for a rating or endorsement and sit the CASA flight test with the same authority, under CASA Part 141.
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Working safely and accurately below 500 feet is a craft of its own. We take licensed commercial pilots through the Low Level Rating and run the flight test in-house — taught from thousands of hours spent at low level on film and aerial-work operations.
Tap for details ›Whatever your operation demands next — a sling, a winch, mustering, night work or firefighting — we build the training around the endorsement you actually need, then conduct the test when you're ready.
Tap for details ›Moving onto a new type, or stepping up to a twin? You'll do the type and class training and complete your proficiency check with the same Grade One Instructor and Flight Examiner — no being handed between providers.
Tap for details ›Sometimes you just need an independent, current set of eyes. As a CASA-approved Flight Examiner, David conducts flight tests, proficiency checks and instructor approvals across licences, ratings and endorsements.
Tap for details ›All training and examining is led by David Adamson — a CASA Grade One Flight Instructor and CASA Flight Examiner (Helicopter) with more than 23,000 flight hours, 8,000+ of them at low level, and a nil-accident record across nine countries.
Yes. Because David holds both Grade One Instructor and Flight Examiner authorities, we can deliver the training and conduct the CASA flight test in-house — for ratings, endorsements and instructor approvals.
Commercial helicopter pilots who already hold a licence and need advanced training, a rating or endorsement, a proficiency check, or a flight test — including pilots preparing for film, aerial-work and task-specialist operations.
Low Level, sling, winch and rappel, mustering, night VFR, formation, firefighting and aerial application, plus design-feature endorsements (gas turbine, retractable undercarriage, float) and single- and multi-engine type/class ratings.
Yes — Specialist Helicopters is a CASA Part 141 certificate holder (and also holds Part 133 and Part 138).
Tell us the rating, endorsement or check you need — we'll confirm the syllabus, aircraft and timing.