Video by Kenny Keller announcing H.O.G.S. (Helicopter Online Ground School) adding a Robinson R22 to its fleet for final-approach/checkride courses in Indiana and relocating an R44 to Las Vegas for VIP intensive training. Describes staffing (longtime examiner, Tas Christman in Vegas, Chris Hauser in Indiana), logistics for immersive multi-day packages, contact info for scheduling, and a Nov 11 book-signing event in Las Vegas.
Are you flying the R22 somewhere around the country and you're basically ready for your checkride and you're stuck on the sidelines waiting because the aircraft's broke or the examiner's book six months out, or the instructor left and you're waiting on another instructor? Whatever the case is, we've got a remedy for that. We're now adding a Robinson R22 to the fleet for our final approach courses where we help people. You've been working on the rating, you're trying to get finished. You got your requirements done or close, and you just want to finish. We've been using the Same examiner for 23 years. He has a pretty good availability due to he's kind of slowed back his work life a little bit. That opens up time for checkrides and we can usually get somebody scheduled within a couple weeks. It's not a one month, three months, six months ordeal to get in to see our examiner doesn't happen. We've been using the Same gentleman for 23 years now. We have a good rapport with him. We know what to expect with a checkride, of course, after hundreds of checkrides in 23 years. And we're really proud. And we told him that, hey, we're getting our 22. He's like, great. I'm just kind of finishing up with some stuff with what I'm doing that's going to free up some more time. So he's like, get the thing out here. Let's do some more checkrides. The R22 will be coming here to Indiana. The R44 is leaving shortly to go to Las Vegas. So here's what's happening because of course people are going to be asking. The R44 is going to be at Cristair Aviation with our good friend and our online Hogs instructor, Tas Christman. Taz will be helping us with R44 in Vegas. I will be traveling down at least once per month for what we're calling a VIP final approach course where we take care of everything for you. We'll pick you up at the airport, we'll put you in a hotel, all expenses paid. We take care of everything, cater to you, get your fly in done and then get the rating and take you back to the airport, put you on the aircraft and send you home. And the R22 is going to be located here in Indiana. And we have Chris Hauser that's been helping me for the past six months or so doing checkrides here in Indiana. So we have Taz Christman in Vegas with R44. We'll have Chris Hauser helping me here with the R22, and then those guys help me with the flying. I'm doing the majority of the ground school. I jump in and help a little bit now and then in the helicopters, but I have those two guys working with me in the two locations. So just to kind of give you an idea of what's up, flight training this winter, fall and winter, Las Vegas with Taz Christman, me and the R44. And Taz will be available for some other flying. When I'm not down there, Taz will have access to the helicopter. So if you're interested in doing an Sfar or something along that lines, or you need some additional training. What we do different than a typical flight school is we like to block a time for you where it's not. You're not coming on the schedule and competing with Billy Bob and Mary trying to get a flight this day. Then you can't fly for two days and get a flight that day. We're putting together packages so you can come in for one day, two days, three days, four days, five days, hit it hard, get what you need to do done, and then head back home. We recently just had a video where we had hogsmember come up from North Carolina, and she owns her own aircraft, and it was busy helping in the relief efforts, and she needed a lot of ground. And she said, can I come up for like a week and just immerse? And she came up for seven days and just fly to ground. Fly to ground every day. So that's the theme of what we've been doing at HOGS for the last year and a half or so. So you can reach out to our Hogs member support at 574-767-1797 and we can get you on the schedule. Heather takes care of that phone line seven days a week. She'll get back to you right away and see if we can get you on the schedule. And then this will come out data pretty quickly. But we're having a book signing Nov. 11. The helicopters leaving Nov. 3, along with Taz and one of our time builders I mentioned heading to Vegas. Shouldn't take them more than a couple or three days to get down there. Weather permitting, give them time to get there settled, get settled down. I'll be heading out there, get things ready for the book signing on November 11th. So we'd like an RSVP if you want to join us. It's a free event. We'll have a hundred copies of this to give away. I've already shipped those down to Taz. He has those ready to go. So it's just a Fun Hangout. Day 3:30 to 6:30pm Air smart at the North Las Vegas Airport. But if you'd like to attend and meet us and hang out and get a signed book, text Heather at 574-767-1797 and she can give you the details and just let her know who and how many coming to meet us. So in the meantime, we'll throw a free PDF for this down below that you can have. Put that link below and we'll see you next. Video Peace out.
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