Helicopters

Ratings I currently hold:

Airline Transport Pilot

	Airplane single and multiengine land (Commercial)
	Rotorcraft: Helicopter
	Instrument Airplane and Helicopter

Gold Seal Flight Instructor

	Airplane single engine
	Instrument airplane and Helicopter
	Rotorcraft Helicopter

Ground Instructor

	Advanced ground instructor
	Instrument ground instructor

Currently working on becoming a DPE (designated pilot examiner) fixed wing and Helicopter.

Helicopters are incredibly cool, I only wish I had started flying them a long time ago. To me, they are the ultimate mechanical toy! I got my commercial helicopter license February 2004, and my CFI-helicopter, instrument (helicopter) and CFII (helicopter) in April 2004. I work as the chief CFI at Silver State Helicopters here in Las Vegas. I am also the chief CFI of the part 141 fixed wing school in Boulder City, NV.

This is the Robinson R44 Raven II I trained for my Commercial Rotorcraft license in. It is black with a pearlescent green, very pretty. It had less than 10 hours on it when I started flying it.

Teaching someone to hover:

One of my solo students at our practice area. This was his first solo:

The helicopter simulator I have been giving IFR instruction in: