Helicopter scenic tours and flight training over Lake George and the High Peaks. Locally owned and flown by Walter Dusseldorp, CFII — with 17-year Adirondack veteran Bruce Mowery on our commercial pilot team.
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Every rating — Private, Instrument, Commercial, CFI and CFII — plus our AI CFII and a DPE Mock Oral. ACS-aligned, built by a working CFII. No payment, ever — just enter your email and start studying on any device.
A 30-minute hands-on flight in our Robinson R-44 with a certified instructor beside you. You fly it — over Lake George and the High Peaks. The time counts toward your certificate if you keep going. Begins with a short ground safety briefing (Robinson SFAR 73 awareness training).
$375 + $12.50 fuel surcharge* — credited toward training if you enroll within 30 days. Valid for Discovery Flights departing Harris Airport (83K); intro flights at fly-in events are $375. Ask about our Accelerated Program, hours logged.
Scenic tours over Lake George and the High Peaks, learning to fly the Robinson R‑44, and block time in the mountains for rusty or rated pilots — from the owner and chief pilot.
From a 20-minute first flight to your Private Pilot checkride, every flight starts at Harris Airport (83K) in the southern Adirondacks.
Five to sixty-minute flights over Lake George, the High Peaks, and the Green Mountains. Premium window seating, every seat.
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FAA Part 61 helicopter flight school. Discovery flights through Private, Commercial, Add-on Rotorcraft, and CFI ratings.
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Special-occasion buyouts, aerial photography, real-estate overflights, foliage editorial, filming, and custom commissions.
Get a Quote* Fuel surcharge — 100LL is up $1 a gallon. $12.50 on flights up to 30 minutes, $25 on 60-minute flights, charged once per flight. We'll remove it when fuel prices come back down.
These aren't stock photos — they're guests on a Discovery Flight from Harris Airport. Your turn next.
Walter Dusseldorp, CFII, on the honest path from a first Discovery Flight to the FAA checkride — the Part 61 minimums, realistic hours, and what training looks like at Harris Airport.
Watch all lessons →From the cockpit — a hands-on flight lesson, a Lake George tour, and three moments from the Moose Festival weekend at Indian Lake, Sept 26–27.
Commercial pilot Bruce Mowery has flown the Adirondacks for 17 years — and still flies with us.
Four seats. Panoramic windows. The world's most-flown civilian rotor-wing.
We own the helicopter. We fly the helicopter. We know every ridge by name.
12 minutes from Lake George Village. 30 minutes from Saratoga.
Thirty minutes over the full length of Lake George and into the foothills. $375 private flight + fuel surcharge* — same price for 1, 2, or 3 passengers.
Book This TourReal guests, in their own words, right after landing at Harris Airport.
Colin, after his Lake George golden-hour flight
Karen & a friend, after their Lake George tour
Anthony, after his Adirondack flight
Tyler & Molly, after their Adirondack flight
Tours are busiest May through October, but training runs all twelve months — and the Adirondacks look different from a thousand feet up in every season.
Block time in our Robinson R-44 with a CFII beside you — mountains, lakes, real weather and real decision-making. Blocks from $725/hr (5 hr) down to $650/hr (50 hr) Hobbs. On-site housing at no additional cost — private hangar quarters at Harris Airport (83K) with a full office, bed, full bath and kitchen, or a B&B setting 55 minutes away — so you can fly two or three sessions a day and go home current, confident and with hours that mean something.
