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Heli Austria Flight Academy: Learning the Ropes
One of the largest helicopter operators in central Europe, Heli Austria is counting on its own academy to deliver the skilled pilots it needs to continue its success. By Jon Duke | December 23, 2020
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The hardest thing about this job,” explained Roman Kleinsasser, “is doing classroom instruction when you can see the sun shining outside.”
Kleinsasser is a flight instructor at the Heli Austria Flight Academy at Bad Vöslau in the east of the country, not far from the Hungarian border. The general aviation airfield here offers the ideal headquarters for the company’s training base. Free from the environmental constraints and traffic levels of Austria’s major airports, it nevertheless has good facilities, and is also the home of one of Heli Austria’s rescue helicopters.