Kenny Keller explains why helicopters can request special VFR in areas where fixed-wing aircraft cannot. Helicopters operate slower and lower, need no runway, and handle police and EMS missions, so the FAA allows them exceptions that fixed-wing planes don't get.
Hello, I'm Kenny Keller, the creator of Helicopter Online Ground School, and today I want to answer a question from one of our members about no svfr, no special vfr. This member asked in the video you say that the special VFR cannot be requested by a fixed wing, but you can still request it as a helicopter. And it's up to the tower whether or not you can receive that special vfr. Why can helicopters still request a special VFR when it stated on the chart that no SVFR allowed? Thank you for your time. So there are a lot of exceptions to the rules that you'll find in the regs for helicopter. A lot of times you'll find, except for helicopters, helicopters in general, we fly slower, we fly lower, we fly short range missions where fixed wing generally are going faster, flying higher, they need a Runway to land. And then also like say in a larger city where they may not have or they have no special vfr, they may still need to be able to get police helicopters in around an area, EMS helicopters. So I think there's a lot of reasons that they give helicopters an exception, but mainly due just the difference between an airplane and a helicopter and what a helicopter can do safely. So any questions or comments, put those down in the box below and we'll see you in the next video. It.
