It is the ONLY Department of Defense aviation school that trains pilots to experience this outside the classroom. The school caters to rotor-wing military pilots from all over the world. The school can handle over a dozen student-pilots at any one time. Sleeping quarters are available on site but there are also many hotels nearby. Meals are on the local economy.
Soldiers can bring their own aircraft if they choose.
Pilots spend one day of the training in the classroom learning the intricacies of power management in high altitude mountainous terrain. The other four days are spent flying in and out of the ragged peaks of Colorado's Rocky Mountains with altitudes ranging from the airport at 6500' to peaks of 14,000'. A one week Instructor Pilot course is also available. The graduates of this challenging course leave with the knowledge of a unique training system known as Power Management. This training concept, when applied rigorously, gives the pilots the knowledge and confidence to operate their machines routinely and safely at maximum gross weights in any environment.