View outside: YOU'RE BREATHTAKING

To add your opinion: Airplanes compared to helicopter in efficiency per hour.. well its a tough battle because things to consider: If you are traveling across a rugged terrain area, then helicopter can be far more effective than airplane to airport, then coordinating ground trans etc.. However if you are going a longer distance where airports are readily available then of course airplane can be more efficient. Now: choice of aircraft. there are many fixed wing aircraft that cost a tremendous amount to own and operate. For example your own person jet aircraft, where a single engine propellor aircraft is far cheaper to operate. Many questions to consider when comparing. For fun flying, then hands down I love flying my helicopter!

You put it into words really well. Good perspectives

@@freedomairhelicopters6155 i go the cheaper route im a 60 year old paramotor pilot, but if i could afford it i would be a Helicopter pilot, thanks for your insight well said

I too love them, still fly them and help others achieve their dream of flying a helicopter through flight instruction.

Good catch, it is however an informational video with compare and contrast of the different types of flying platforms. I encourage you sir to post a quality video to share how a constant speed/variable pitch prop works :) We may or I may launch an instructional series and Ill double down on the information before posting. Thanks for the catch, safe flying!

Congratulation on your first helicopter flight! Helicopters are the most fun to fly, in my opinion.. Having a career in both RW and FW, and owning an RW business, I still say the helicopter flying is a blast!

LJSJIUJITSU helicopters are safer. Much safer to land a helicopter with an engine failure than a plane

Wow, really tough question. For the pure joy of flying helicopter wins hands down..its real, its scenic and just a blast.

Stay on the ground

If your eyes are correctable to 20/20 and you can see color, depth perception then you can fly. If however those are not options, there are plenty of ways to still enjoy the world of flying. Drones are becoming very popular, you can work in the industry, like Air Traffic Control. Always a way to be around it, flight attendants enjoy flying and the benefits of travel as well.

JJ little pretty thug It doesn't matter if you didn't get 20/20 vision. I am a teen and have to wait for next 14 years to become a pilot. I don't have 20/20 vision. But we can still use spectacles to fly either an aircraft or a helicopter. If you have 9/20 vision and still using specs, you can still fly. But If your specs are unclear to see, then thay would be a big trouble. But still, you can use specs to fly the aircraft.

Go for a discovery flight! You will not regret that decision. Helicopter or airplane. Just do it!

Thats great! I fly into Canada often with my regional company. Prices vary throughout the country but those rates are about average for the respective aircraft.

Sorry for long response time. Boy if you are asking on pure economic reason or the money you have to spend then I think your asking the wrong question. First no matter what aircraft type you chose it is an investment into yourself. Noone asks about how much their doctor has in student loans, no matter if he/she is a pediatrician or general practice. A pilot is a pilot. You have have ask yourself what kind of flying do you want to do? I'll post another video in the next 24-48 of this response and try to address this a bit more head on for you. Your asking questions, means your off to a good start.

Hello I have same issue. trying to find one. but i have always wanted to become pilot..what is better than waking up every morning and the job is flying. Have always wanted to become a commercial pilot. Confused which way should i go. Could you please make another video detailing what are jobs opportunities after achieving commercial helicopter license. and how much they usualy get paid during the beginning of the career and after some experience. i am trying to find a school in canada. They are bit cheaper. Thanks.

@@pipgator4271 I am making interview videos at the time, but I will come full circle and give you a video about commercial pilots, pay and life as a commercial pilot. One interview will focus on pure civilian helicopter training and what he is doing now after being an instructor.

My dad told me

Some exceptions: Hard to land on water without floats :).

Glad you enjoyed it, Lots of great questions as a result of the video as well. I need to make another one, this time talking about jet flying compared to Small airplane flying.. I think that would be a cool topic.

Esau, You asked a great question. Regards pilot fatigue in holding the controls airplane vs helicopter, the short answer is absolutely the pilot fatigue is more pronounced in a helicopter. It is true you cannot trim a helicopter in most cases for hands off flight. The small airplanes and the jets that I fly are pretty simple once airborne and level, select autopilot or make sure you have the aircraft trimmed as you mentioned in your comment. Over 20 years flying helicopters I found the UH-60 Blackhawk was easy to fly in comparison to the R44 helicopter, I mean during straight and level flight because the blackhawk has many systems to reduce pilot workload. We had a force trim release in the cyclic, so you could set your cyclic position and it will hold that position for you. In the R44 there is no such system, its a friction knob but you dont want to use that in flight. When asked which do you enjoy more? Hands down a helicopter is far more fun to fly than the airplane. Thanks for the comment, safe flying! Joe

@@texthreads775 thank you for your detailed response, I appreciate it

Jay, I will add a video and talk about compensation vs training costs. Thanks for posting

When redeploying from desert Storm, the 747 co-pilot was a Chinook pilot in the army

Even a tiny helicopter costs so much more to operate than a comparable fixed wing

I am not a pilot yet but I talked to my cousin who has flown Helicopters for about 20 years now and is just switching over to the fixed wing world. He said that helicopter pilots make way less money a year around $60,000 and it takes at least 10 to 15 years of flying to get that good of pay. As a fixed wing pilot within your first 3 to 5 years of flying for an airline company you make around a $100,000 depending on what rank you are in. While helicopters may be more fun to fly they cost 2x to 3x the amount to maintain, learn to fly, and to fly compared to airplanes. It’s also harder to find a job as a helicopter pilot because there are so many people competing for the same job. On the other hand tho helicopters are wayyyyyyyyyyy more fun to fly but harder to learn than airplanes. Honestly the choice is up too you and what type of job your looking for in the aviation world. Anyways I hope this helps and good luck on choosing which one you want to fly!

Davide, you have posted an interesting situation. I think you have answered yourself however. You want a routine in life and a rewarding career to go with it. You want an aviation career that can provide meals and family time on a schedule. I think maybe you should consider a management position in the field of aviation. Where you are still a part of the group, embedded with aviation people but can go home at the same hour every day, eat regular meals. Being a pilot in nearly every field will require time from home. Exceptions: Helicopter tour operators can do very well financially and they are home every night. Allegiant airlines for example always has you home or at your base at the end of the day flying, with that the airline career path can still be attainable. Fixed wing flight instructors can pull a comfortable payroll and are also home every night. theses are but 3 examples, that are happening right now in our market of aviation. I do hope this helps you, even in a small way.

@@freedomairhelicopters6155 it helps a lot actually! I was also in doubt in between helicopter and plane for this reason, tours and teaching are common career paths for both the aircrafts, but i wasn't sure about photography or bringing parachutes people up in the sky (does it have a proper name?) Etc. Some people call these roles tier 1 or 2 jobs, saying also that are experience boosters but not really "proper careers". I mean, if i can manage to do a mix of these and keep myself out of a grey office... Happiness here i come 😉

@@Davide608 If you want to bring "parachute people up in the sky" then I would recommend airplane over helicopter

We could animate this scenario: would be a cute cartoon for sure :) However, it would be unwise to actually attempt this as both would lose the battle for maintain flight.

Hello Aquarius: Well both at the same moment is physically impossible lol. Like trying to drive a car and a motorcycle. Joking aside, you can absolutely do both :) I am both pilots even now. I fly commercially for a regional airline with a bright career towards the Major Airlines while I own my Helicopter Business and am always flying helicopters also. You can have the best of both worlds and some companies have the need for dual rated pilots. You can do it!

Ehh... it's called the V-22 Osprey

Management of your cockpit: Another great question. When I am flying my R44, giving rides and tours, it is very easy to manage. I scan my instruments, and look outside and have fun.. Very easy to manage. Compare to flying my jet with the airlines or even a small plane for that matter.. Set the course, trim the plane select auto pilot and its a piece of cake! So management of the cockpit is relatively easy in both aircraft depending on the flight scenario really. Here is an example of a hard cockpit scenario: You are flying in IMC conditions, to the minimums of a CAT II approach (100') and you have moderate turbulence bouncing you around like crazy, flying at 150 KIAS and trying to keep your jet on course, on glide path ( no autopilot during these approaches mind you ) and radios are going nuts because you are in DFW class B airspace, both pilots are working and managing every resource we have.. I compare that with doing the same thing in my former days flying the UH-60 Blackhawk in ice, snow and on a busy approach into Nuremberg Germany, where the controllers english was hard to understand and we were managing the heck out of our aircraft to once again, stay on course ans on glidepath. To sum up an answer for you: they are both very easy in the right scenarios, or very workload intensive in other scenarios such as my two short stories.

@@freedomairhelicopters6155 thanks. What can you say mosquito?

@@DraGon-cg6ge Dra, Your question is a bit vague, can you re-word it? I do not have an opinion on the Mosquito helicopter if thats what you are asking. I dont even know anyone personally who has one, so I might not be your best resource.

A great dream to have and worth every moment you get to fly one of those machines.

Sorry for delayed response time folks. A good question however very hard to answer. You need data spanned over time.. take one decade and compare the numbers of General aviation FW crashes compared to Helicopter crashes. I would recommend you do not compare the airline crash rate to either GA (General Aviation) or helicopters because one airliner has a significantly higher number of people therefore deaths if fatal. GA and helicopter tend to run similar amounts of people to compare. Some things to look at: When you lose an engine in an airplane you must have a smooth place to land, free of obstacles to land and slow down. Where you lose an engine in your helicopter, find a suitable field, parking lot, or a very small space to set her down. Easier in that perspective to emergency land a helicopter. Hope that helps with your question.

Very sad day indeed sir. A great man, wonderful family.. We pray for families of all those who lost a loved one. Aviation is still the safest form of transportation, when compared to driving a vehicle on the crazy roads in the U.S.

Well, thats a question for an engineer to answer really. But I did recently watch a cool video my Daughter sent me about an airplane that is incorporating technology that shows whats on the outside through micro screens covering the whole "tube" of the airplane. Camera's outside will project to the screens inside and make it feel like you are in glass cabin. They can adjust the picture to make it feel like multiple different themes, night, day etc..

Loaded question my friend: You can store a helicopter in a barn, or an airplane on the Tarmac of an airport.. Those are the cheapest ways I have seen. Or go the other extreme and park in very expensive hangars. Maintenance costs: due a bit a research and ask a more pointed question. Like maintenance of a King Air 350 vs that of Bell 206 jet ranger. Or a cessna compared to R22 helicopter.. Those costs can line up very similar. latest R44 100HR maintenance bill for our company was just under $5,000, where my friend did a 100HR on his airplane for around $500. both 4 seats, both have 6 cylinder engines, one is a helicopter though.

@@freedomairhelicopters6155 with this I think I'll go for plane I have plans to purchase land with enough room to pave a run way for small plane thank you for everything

The aviators dream! land in your backyard :) safe flying budddy.

@@freedomairhelicopters6155 !!!!!!!

Earnings: the best research tool here: Google! Not to be overly sarcastic, but really..if you want to follow the revenue streams in one vs the other, then compare helicopter jobs to airplane jobs, find a field of similar operating and then compare pay charts. Airline pilots are known to make a alot of money: But I caution you: It is not that way in the beginning of your airline pilot journey. You will more likely be in the poor house during training as you have must cough up the training money yourself, and when you qualify you can join a regional. then you will quickly learn the pay is not huge and you will have a hefty student loan to pay back while trying to live. Now this is the case in both aviation career paths.. You must pay for the training; then be patient as you build your flight time and compete with the respective industry pilots to get a good foot in the door for a career. Airplane corporate path can easily bring 6 figures, but you pay the price of your schedule. you will consistently be on call or at the mercy of the VIP you are flying for. Airlines provide a fixed schedule, but you gotta pay your dues in the regionals before the majors, if they will hire you..Nothing is automatic. Top airline pilots can enjoy 250K per year or more.. Helicopter: What is your drive? Save lives, then go down the EMS path.. great career, wonderful machines and pay starts around 50K plus or minus your first year. It scales as with any company and can exceed 6 figures within a short few years. Top helicopter pilot professionals can see 150K plus.. Anything above $77k is simply money in the bank at that point.. $77k per year is the average family of four level of comfortable living in the United States. Thanks for you comments!

Well...not necessarily. Both industries are in need of pilots. Helicopter pilots are needed in the military, oil industry, fire fighting, flight instruction, commercial tour operators etc... Airplane pilots are also in demand in the Airline industry as a huge wave of retiree's are afoot at present time of this comment. So it depends on you! What do you enjoy and what gives you that sense of belonging? That is the path you need to chase for sure. personally I am blessed with both paths, airplanes and helicopter and love them both for different reasons. :) thanks for your comment.

In both scenarios the pilot has clear choices to make. In Airplanes if the event you lose your power, then you must establish a glide, find an airport or the next best area to safely land your airplane. Helicopters: You are taught almost immediately how to handle power loss. We call it Autorotate where you essentially reverse the airflow to control your decent and find a suitable place to land your aircraft. In both aircraft, the pilot has to make the best decision possible and a short amount of time and can be done successfully.

Not at the same time :). but yes of course you can train to fly both FW and RW.