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title: Training as professional helicopter pilots | DRF Luftrettung
description: "DRF Luftrettung Academy expands portfolio: First trainee pilots start training as professional helicopter pilots"
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# [Training as professional helicopter pilots | DRF Luftrettung](https://www.drf-luftrettung.de/en/mediacenter/newsberichte/news/training-as-professional-helicopter-pilots)

 Written by [DRF Luftrettung](https://www.drf-luftrettung.de/en/mediacenter/newsberichte/author/drf-luftrettung) | 1.09.2022

 

## First trainee pilots start training as professional helicopter pilots

Initial professional helicopter pilot training at DRF Luftrettung has kicked off: the DRF Luftrettung Academy is expanding its portfolio and thus completing the range of services offered by its flight school. The first seven trainee pilots were welcomed to the DRF Luftrettung Operation Center on September 1st as part of a fly-in of the training machine, a Robinson R44 Raven II.

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