Training....
when moments matter
Howard D. Horton
Some aviation schools and qualifications. Completed U.S. Army flight school class WORWAC 68-9 August 1968
Immediately after completing WORWAC 68-09 I went to the Instructor Pilot Training Course OH-6. After completing that program, I went to the Republic of Viet Nam. While in RVN I was the unit Instructor Pilot for the OH-6. I also completed "test" flights or "return to service flights" for aircraft that had undergone maintenance.
In RVN the unit I was in was one of the first units to have the OH-58. I was the first OH-58 pilot with combat experience to be a flight instructor at Fort Rucker, Alabama (1970).
While at Fort Rucker as a flight instructor volunteers were needed to go to Iran. I was on a team that were the initial instructors (4) to train Iranian pilots. We built checklists, training procedures, introduced an aviation safety culture, curricula and syllabi for the Iranian Army Air Corp. (1971). Later Bell Helicopter International resumed the training that we had initiated.
April 2006 I was employed by Bell Helicopter-Textron at the Bell Helicopter-Textron Training Academy in Fort Worth, Texas. I was the first new hire employee that was required to teach the flight training device (FTD), ground and flight portions of the curricula.
There were two Bell Instructors that were selected to become the first Bell 429 Instructors. We went to Maribel, Canada and finished the last of the test flight certifications and did our orientation to prepare for the ground school and flight curriculum that was to be taught in Fort Worth, Texas. We were instrumental in developing the FTD, ground and flight training syllabus for that course. We taught our first students in November 2009.
While at Bell Helicopter I have conducted numerous offsite training events in many locations. I have successfully completed initial and recurrent training programs for clients. On most occasions Power Point presentations and flight training was utilized. Flight training was conducted to the proficiency level of the certificate that was held by the student.
Over the course of my ten years at Bell Helicopter I had the opportunity to teach Bell 206 B, Bell 206 L series, Bell 407 series, Bell 429, and Bell Huey II. I have experience in teaching in the Flight Training Device (FTD), Full motion sim (SIM), ground school, and performing flight training in the various models. Also during my career, I have performed test evaluations, test flights and return to service flights in all the previously mentioned helicopters. In 2014, I was named Flight Instructor of the year. As an Instructor at Bell Helicopter I had no major incidents or accidents. All training was done in a SAFE and efficient manner.
Flight Instructor of the year
Helicopter Pilot Safety Award
936.635.1056
Certificate No. 1763712
A.T.P. Helicopter and Airplane Multi-engine land
C.F.I.I, Airplane Single Engine and Multi-engine
Rotorcraft-Helicopter, Instrument Airplane and Helicopter
Commercial- Airplane Single engine land
Types: BH-222, BH-206, AS-350 VFR, IA-1125, G-100, HS-25, DA 2000
Remote Pilot Certificate No. 3967752
Appointed to Heliport/Helistop Committee, City of Houston Aviation Department (1978)
Appointed to Chamber of Commerce Aviation Committee, City of Houston (1980-1981)
NBAA Helicopter Pilot Safety Award (1980, 1983)
Flight Safety, Inc.; Bell 222B, Initial Course, June 1985
Flight Safety, Inc.; King Air C-90A, Initial Course November, 1988
NBAA Pilot Safety Award (1988, 1992, 1995, 1999)
Flight Safety, Inc.; Cockpit Resource Management, Initial Course, May 1992
Completed NASA/FAA Physiological Training Aug. 1993
Flight Safety, Inc. International Procedures Course Oct. 95
Simuflite, Inc. HS 125-700 Transition Ground School May 96
Simuflite, Inc. Falcon 2000 Initial Course. April 2003
Simuflite, Inc. International Procedures Course, June 2003
Simuflite, Inc. HS 125-800 Recurrent, Oct. 2003
Augusta 109E Initial Transition Course, Feb 2004
Marine Survival Training Center, August 2005
PO. Box 66828, Houston, TX 77266
FIXED WING
4650+
3800+
1050+
(190+)
1350+
TOTAL
15000+
Pilot In Command
Second In Command
M.E.H.
C.F.I.
Turbo-jet
ROTARY WING
10400+
8720+
20+
(950+)
(3550+)