This was a great training day. I was able to hover much better and did all the piloting with assist at times from my instructor Victor.
Towards the end we go to the everglades, and I get to do a confined space landing on a bank beside a canal!
We all also saw a huge alligator sunning itself near the canal even though you cannot see it from the camera’s angle.
The very end of the video is a practice autorotation to runway 04. We do not touch down but roll-on engine power.
It is a no engine power glide. (Yes, helicopters can glide and spinning rotors are a wing)
These are practice moments to be ready when failures happen.