Garden City Helicopters Ltd is a fully approved helicopter training provider registered as a private training establishment (pte) through NZQA.

Courses are run in conjunction with the Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology.

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PILOT FLIGHT TRAINING REQUIREMENTS

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Robinson R22 ZK-HPM

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Robinson R44 Raven II  ZK-IGC

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10 Good Reasons to Train with Garden City Helicopters

With a large variety of helicopter operations and choice of bases at which to learn to fly, Garden City Helicopters is the ideal company at which to start your aviation experience. Here's ten good reasons to choose us:

Reason One
Garden City Helicopters are respected by the helicopter industry as a qualified training provider (by future employers). We encourage prospective students to ask the industry who to train with - our students get jobs!

Reason Two
We've had close to 100% first time flight test pass rate over the past three years.

Reason Three
Friendly, professional and most importantly- highly experienced instructors. Some are Rescue pilots with flying hours ranging down from 20,000 hours.

Reason Four
Well maintained helicopters. We have our own fully qualified engineering staff as a result of operating air rescue helicopters.  We have R22 Beta and Beta II helicopter models, ideally suited to pilot training.

Reason Five
Operational bases in Christchurch, Nelson and Greymouth offer variety.

Reason Six
Good classroom facilities.

Reason Seven
Good flight training environment. Christchurch International Airport and Low Flying Areas are all within close proximity plus the nearby Southern Alps gives good variable terrain for advanced flight training.

Reason Eight
Low student numbers means good aircraft availability.

Reason Nine
Commercial operations involvement and ground crew opportunities.

Reason Ten
Our committment to quality, professionalism and safety.