Hi everyone.

I want to start my helicopter pilot training in the USA probably at the end of 2025.(I am from the Netherlands.) Right now my wife and I are saving up as much as possible but we'll only be able to cover 50% of the costs, around $65K or €60K. Since it's about $110K or €100K in total we're looking into student loans or personal loans, but I can't seem to find good ones for internationals on an F1 visa.

Does anyone know good sources? Banks or organisations or anything?

For my application process I need to verify that we're able to pay for our time being in the country.

Also my wife is a nurse, will it help to mention that we want to look for a job for her once we've moved to the US? And how great are the chances of finding her a job and it making an impact on my application? We're 23 and 24 years old respectively, does that work in our favour for saving up a lot of money already?

I would really like your help to find anything!

Not that I am a big Hollywood buff but I thought this was a good story of Cruise saving Elizabeth Shue from a camera chopper's tail rotor. Good job Tom.

Scary how often people forget about or don't see those spinning things.

https://sierrahotel.net/blogs/news/tom-cruise-saves-elizabeth-shue-from-the-tail-rotor-of-a-helicopter

https://preview.redd.it/eg3gqiicji4e1.jpg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e6e78602662130f560672c4f79d3a722e883cb3d

I’m doing some research into FLT rules, I found Swiss, German, Irish and Greek national regulations.

Can anyone tell me what exactly regulates FLT rules for helicopter pilots in UK or other EU countries?

UPD: UK rules found

Came across an interesting question today while discussing airfoils. The HFH says (and most of us would agree) that symmetrical airfoils like the ones found on the Robinsons MR do not produce lift at zero AOA. It says shortly after this that asymmetrical airfoils do produce some lift at zero AOA. If this is the case, and I believe that it is, why don't these larger aircraft with asymmetrical MR blades lift off the ground at zero AOA? The only thing I can think of is that these larger helicopters are so heavy that the small amount of lift produced by a cambered MR blade at flat pitch is still not enough to lift it off the ground.

https://youtu.be/TX1Yj3ygHUM?feature=shared

Persian Gulf 1992

Displayed across the street from the Dom F. Pratt Museum in Fort Campbell, Kentucky

Mountain fire in Paarl South Africa. Chopper lost the bucket.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=7815514435151627&id=100000794432882

I am looking for free helicopter database site which has both civilian, military helicopters (including all types of military helicopter ) and it has filter option for searching helicopters with wheeled landing gear and retractable wheeled landing gear and exclude helis. Com and wikipedia Tia