RWS 48 – The Case For Full Down Autos with Glen White

Glen White has been providing recurrency and initial training to helicopter pilots around the world through his company Eurosafety since 2004. He is a strong proponent of the benefit of full touchdown autorotations in training. Glen first learnt to fly in France in a Bell 47 before picking up roles in flight training, tours based …

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Glen White from Eurosafety talks about continuation training and emergency handling

Glen White has been providing recurrency and initial training to helicopter pilots around the world through his company Eurosafety since 2004. He is a strong proponent of the benefit of full touchdown autorotations in training.

Glen first learnt to fly in France in a Bell 47 before picking up roles in flight training, tours based in the Virgin Islands, ship operations, emergency services and as a factory pilot.

One of the things that struck him throughout his career was the lack of high quality post graduation check and training avaliable to many of the small to medium operators in the industry. Hence the idea for Eurosafety was born.

“I get to fly with the best pilots in the industry. It’s a privilege.” – Glen gets to conduct recurrency and initial training with pilots from law enforcement, EMS, utility and charter companies in a number of companies.

In this interview we chat about Glen’s early career, the case for full touchdown autorotations, tips for handling a range of emergencies and what you can do to improve your skills as a helicopter pilot.

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On the way down for another autorotation

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In this week’s episode:

3:50 Timothy and Tabitha

5:20 Getting a start in aviation in France in a Bell 47

6:50 Flying tours in the Virgin Islands

8:40 Landing on Navy ships in support of the Aegis radar program

9:50 FlightSafety and Eurocopter factory pilot

11:20 EMS S-76 Children’s Hospital Dallas and Tri-state Careflight AS350B3 and BK119

11:50 Mountain rescue incident

14:00 Gap in market for post-graduation check and training

16:00 Overseas training locations and culture

19:00 Types of training and helicopters covered

20:40 Trained reaction to engine failure

21:50 Switching between clockwise / anti-clockwise rotor systems

24:30 Autorotational training – touchdowns vs power recoveries

32:00 Training to runway rather than grass, carbide skid shoes

33:50 Damage to runway surface from run-ons – none

35:50 A typical recurrency day format

38:30 AS350, H130, AS355, EC120, BO105CBS, BO105LS, EC135 Augusta 109E,C,F Bell 260L/F, Bell 205 Types covered (2016)

42:40 Prevalence of engine failures in statistics vs focus spent on in training

46:50 1000s of autos in a year, a very mild event

49:00 Auto method in the AS350 – 100’ flare height

50:00 Common errors during autos

53:20 Hydraulic failure and impact into highrise

54:20 Stuck pedals

58:10 How to be a good pilot and constantly get better

1:01:30 iSafety app for emergency training

59:45 Episode Sponsors trainmorepilots.com

Links from this week’s episode:

Eurosafety Website

Eurosafety Facebook

Eurosafety YouTube

Eurosafety Instagram

World Helicopter Day

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Glen talks through an autorotation touchdown in a AS350

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HAI Video – Autorotations: Reality Exposed

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Class in session for a AS350 ground theory day

Know your machines systems – graphics and training aids can greatly improve recall

Glen teaching on an AS350B2 initial course

Australian Defence Force Testing of Squirrel Autorotation Flare Height

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