Friends supporting LAH...

Lisa - "When I moved back into the Los Angeles basin, I was delighted to find Los Angeles Helicopters at the Long Beach Airport as a place to continue working with my flight students. Their curriculum, training resources, on-site maintenance facility, and fleet provided the critical tools which allowed me to perform BFR's, demo flights for friends, or even personal flights.

In my current role as President of Whirly-Girls International, the international women pilots' association, I hear regularly from our members about the value of sound training for pilots who will move into other areas of work in rotorcraft aviation such as long-line, power-line patrol, tourism, fire-fighting, executive transport, law enforcement, insect eradication, and off-shore work to name a few. Each pilot has stressed how important it wasto receive solid, thorough instruction to prepare them for emergencies, as well as to know how to cope with busy airspace, ATC, and even the other pilots!

Los Angeles Helicopter's placement on the field at LGB is ideal for training. Because this is a busy field, instructors and students alike are stretched and challenged to achieve and maintain professional levels of radio communication and situational awareness - two skills required by any fine pilot.

You might be able to find similar amenities at other fields, but you would have to look long and hard to find as friendly, professional, and experienced a bunch of staff as you will find at Los Angeles Helicopters.

About Whirly Girls: To learn more about Whirly-Girls, visit www.whirlygirls.org. Membership is open to all rotorcraft-rated women pilots, and after one year of membership, the member may apply for one of our training scholarships. When you write, be sure to mention you read about this on the Los Angeles Helicopters website."

- Lisa DiGiovanna, President - Whirly Girls International