Bastian Engels

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Pilot at Swiss Helicopter

After completing two vocational apprenticeships as an electrician and a forester, I decided to pursue a career as a professional pilot. It has been my childhood dream since I was 3 years old.

In 2014, I was fortunate to join Swiss Helicopter AG as a loadmaster at the Samedan base.

I then completed my flight training in Canada and Hawaii, of course with many years of saving money in between.

After my basic training abroad, I completed the CPL conversion and the MOU (mountain landing) with Swiss Helicopter.

Swiss Helicopter is simply ideal for this kind of training! I had a very experienced flight instructor who taught me mountain flying in a very practical way. Also, the many locations of SHAG allow good access to the various mountain landing sites in Switzerland.

For the past year, I have been working as a transport pilot with Swiss Helicopter Ostschweiz.

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