Hélicoptères de Camargue

Hélicoptères de Camargue is a helicopter school and flight operator based at the aerodrome of Candillargues, in the Camargue area of southern France. It offers discovery flights and pilot training, and all flying is carried out under visual flight rules.

Flights

• Discovery flights and introduction to piloting
• Shared-cost flights
• Gift boxes and special occasions such as corporate events, bachelor and bachelorette parties and proposals

Pilot training

The school trains pilots toward the LAPL-H, PPL-H and CPL-H licences and runs pilot-training stages. Minimum flight hours quoted on the site are 45 hours for the PPL-H, 185 hours for the CPL-H and 250 hours for the FI-H. A theory course is provided, and students need an approved medical examination before the first solo flight.

• Type ratings on the Robinson R44, Bell 206 and AS 350 / EC 130
• Confined-area training
• Night flying
• Helisurface (helipad) qualification
• Refresher training
• Instrument flight without visibility (VSV)

Fleet

The fleet pages show the Robinson R44, a piston-engine helicopter, and the Robinson R66, a turbine helicopter. The training and instructor pages also name the Bell 206, the AS 350 / EC 130 and the H125.

People

Maxime Blivet is listed as head pilot, instructor and examiner, with type rating examiner authorisation on the R44, R66, Bell 206, AS350 and H125.

Contact

Phone: 04.69.96.25.26