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Mondays: 08:00- 18:00
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Tuesdays: 08:00- 18:00
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Wednesdays: 08:00- 18:00
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Thursdays: 08:00- 18:00
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Fridays: 08:00- 18:00
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Saturdays: 09:00- 17:00
Providing Helicopter Flight Services, Sales, ENG services (NBC, FOX, CBS, & ABC aerial news coverage), pilot training in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area, as well as sight-seeing tours and photo flights.
With one of the only publicly owned heliports in the country, SKY Helicopters provides a valuable service for all types of helicopter operations.
Along with providing services for local news affiliates, SKY Helicopters also operates VPN News... a video production company offering broadcast quality video and pool news services, as well as many types of video production services. With highly trained and experienced photojournalist / reporters on staff, and state of the art video / editing equipment, SKY Helicopters is second to none in video and news production.
SKY Helicopters conducts primary and advanced helicopter flight training in Robinson® R22, Robinson R44, and Schweizer® 300CB helicopters.
Helicopter Pilot Training Courses include Private, Commercial, Instrument ratings, Certified Flight Instructor (CFI), CFI-Instrument, and ATP.
A Full-size FLYIT simulator is available for both VFR and IFR flight training, helping to keep costs lower.
Economical and efficient Instrument Instruction is accomplished in the IFR 300CB, and the FAA-Approved full-size FLYIT Simulator. Flying the simulator will reduce course cost by more than $3000 compared to flying an aircraft exclusively. Additionally, the simulator can lower overall completion hours needed to demonstrate proficiency for the checkride. For more slightly more cost IFR training may be accomplished in the larger R44 helicopter.
SKY is an in-house service center for Robinson and Schweizer. Students have the opportunity to view inspections and maintenance of aircraft in progress.
Training takes place near Dallas Love Field and DFW class B airspace. Students can initially learn without tower contact, then progress into the controlled environment.
Career Training Loans are available from Sallie Mae Corporation. They offer a variety of payback options and attractive interest rates. Sky is an approved flight school and training facility for Sallie Mae Career Training Loans.