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2. Ann Shaw Carter - Wikipedia

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   Ann Shaw Carter (December 5, 1922 – September 26, 2005) was an American pilot who was the first female commercial helicopter pilot and the second woman to fly a helicopter, after the German pilot, Hanna Reitsch. Carter was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on December 5, 1922, and moved to Fairfield, Connecticut, as a child. [1]

3. Whirly-Girls - Wikipedia

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   At the time there were so few women with helicopter ratings that the group started with only 13 charter members representing the United States, Germany, and France. [2] The Whirly-Girls provided a community for female helicopter pilots to share interests, remove feelings of isolation, and to come together in annual "Hoverings" beginning in ...

4. Pilot certification in the United States - Wikipedia

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   [citation needed] [28] Otherwise, a commercial pilot can be paid for certain types of operation, such as banner towing, agricultural applications, and photography, and can be paid for instructing if she or he holds a flight instructor certificate (In the case of lighter-than-air, only a commercial pilot certificate is required to teach for that ...

5. Commercial pilot licence - Wikipedia

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   A commercial pilot licence (CPL) is a type of pilot licence that permits the holder to act as a pilot of an aircraft and be paid for their work. [1] Different licenses are issued for the major aircraft categories: airplanes, airships, balloons, gliders, gyroplanes and helicopters. Depending on the jurisdiction these may all be on the same ...

6. Helicopter Air Transport - Wikipedia

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   HAT started a flying school for helicopter pilots and mechanics in the autumn of 1946 at Camden Central, with Frank Cashman at its head. Sikorsky and Bell had their own schools, but these were for owners rather than commercial operators, and the HAT school was recognised by the manufacturers as well as by the Civil Aeronautics Administration ...

7. Why Private Helicopter Pilots Say They Are Teaming Up for ...

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   A helicopter relief organization says it has rescued more than 400 people from storm-ravaged areas of North Carolina in the wake of Hurricane Helene.

8. Airline transport pilot licence - Wikipedia

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   The airline transport pilot license (ATPL), or in the United States of America, an airline transport pilot (ATP) certificate, is the highest level of aircraft pilot certificate. In the United States, those certified as airline transport pilots (unconditional) are authorized to act as pilot in command on scheduled air carriers ' aircraft under ...

9. Alan Purwin - Wikipedia

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   Alan David Purwin (August 28, 1961 – September 11, 2015) was an American helicopter pilot, aerial film operator, entrepreneur and philanthropist. Purwin founded and owned Helinet Aviation. Purwin founded and owned Helinet Aviation.