Smoketown Helicopters LLC
Flight school in Smoketown, Pennsylvania, where the main public airport is Smoketown Airport (S37). The FAA register lists 5 aircraft under this name, mostly Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA.
Website: smoketownhelicopters.com (found by search; tell us if it is wrong)
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How many aircraft does Smoketown Helicopters LLC have?
5 aircraft are registered to it with the FAA as of October 22, 2026; aircraft it leases from their owners are not counted.
What does Smoketown Helicopters LLC fly?
Mostly the Robinson R22 BETA, along with the Robinson R44 and the Robinson R22.
How old are Smoketown Helicopters LLC's aircraft?
Built between 1995 and 2010; half were built in 2002 or earlier, so the typical one is about 24 years old.
Has Smoketown Helicopters LLC had any accidents?
The NTSB recorded no accident or incident involving the aircraft registered to it today in the last 10 years.
Where is Smoketown Helicopters LLC?
In Smoketown, Pennsylvania; the main public airport there is Smoketown Airport (S37).
Are there FAA examiners near Smoketown Helicopters LLC?
15 pilot examiners and 29 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles of its airport. See them by name
About Smoketown Helicopters LLC from its own website, read October 21, 2026
Smoketown Helicopters is a flight school in Lancaster, Pennsylvania that provides helicopter and airplane flight training, including discovery flights, private pilot courses, instrument training, commercial pilot courses, and certified flight instructor ratings. The school also offers helicopter sightseeing tours and is a Robinson Service Center.
- What it is
- Flight school
- Bases
- Smoketown, PA SMOKETOWN AIRPORT
- Aircraft it names
- Robinson R22, Robinson R44
- Services
- flight training, helicopter tours, discovery flights, aircraft rental, Robinson helicopter maintenance
- Founded
- 2014
- Address
- Smoketown, PA
Written by the site from the pages of www.smoketownhelicopters.com on October 21, 2026; the company's own words and pictures stay on its site. Out of date or wrong? Tell us.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
15 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 15 for private pilot, 14 for commercial and instrument, 8 for airline transport pilot, 11 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot, 4 for type ratings; 10 for airplanes, 6 for multi-engine airplanes, 6 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 29 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 4 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 3 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 4 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 76 training center evaluators, 1 aircrew program designee, 3 training center examiners, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Bruce Thompson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Aero Tech · Lititz, PA (9 nm) · (484) 467-9394 · [email protected]
- Darren Lucas private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, commercial pilot, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; helicopters · Litiz, PA (9 nm) · (717) 368-4720 · [email protected]
- Denver Allen Gillham private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Alliance Aviation · Lititz, PA (9 nm) · (513) 266-2607 · [email protected]
- Peter H Wolfson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Lititz, PA (9 nm) · (717) 380-7720 · [email protected]
- Mark Giovengo private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Manheim, PA (13 nm) · (717) 575-8786 · [email protected]
- Todd James private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Lebanon, PA (16 nm) · (717) 380-6371 · [email protected]
- Mark Christopher Wesley Robinson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; helicopters · Reading Jet Center · Reading, PA (23 nm) · (218) 228-2222 · [email protected]
- Piet Edward Barber private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; gliders · New Garden Airport N57 · Toughkenamon, PA (24 nm) · (703) 951-7438 · [email protected]
All 141 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
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Its aircraft and their safety record from the FAA register and the NTSB
5 aircraft are registered to Smoketown Helicopters LLC today, mostly Robinson R22 BETA. Built between 1995 and 2010; half of them in 2002 or earlier, so the typical one is about 24 years old. 5 are helicopters.
All 5 aircraft, each with its own page
The NTSB recorded no accident or incident involving these aircraft in the last 10 years.
Only the aircraft registered to Smoketown Helicopters LLC today are counted, wherever they were flying and whoever was flying them, including any accident before the school owned them; aircraft a school leases from their owners are registered to those owners and are not. A school that flies more hours will show more; nobody publishes those hours, so this is a record, not a score. Compare with the other training organisations in Pennsylvania.
Other flight schools nearby within about 15 miles
- Smoketown Flight Center LLC 5 aircraft · flight school, Smoketown
- Sky Blue Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school, New Holland, 7 miles away
- Shamrock Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club, Millersville, 8 miles away
- Aero-Tech Services INC 7 aircraft · flight school, Lititz, 9 miles away
- Draggin Tail Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school, Ephrata, 10 miles away
- Nextgen Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school, Ephrata, 10 miles away
- Garden Spot Flyers 1 aircraft · flight school, Manheim, 13 miles away
Compare every school in Pennsylvania: fleets, aircraft ages and safety records side by side. Each school is placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre when it has none.
Connections how this company links to the rest of the register
- Smoketown, PA · where it registers its aircraft
- Smoketown Airport · S37
- Pennsylvania 6,180 aircraft registered
- Smoketown Helicopters LLC 5 aircraft in the fleet
- 5 aircraft on the register · Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA
This entry comes from the FAA aircraft register (October 22, 2026). The FAA publishes no downloadable list of flight schools (its online finder covers only certificated Part 141 schools), so a company is listed here when its name says what it does; this one's name does not, but it owns a fleet of training aircraft and its own website says it gives flying lessons. Is this your company? Claim or correct this listing: the base, the website, what you do, your own pictures. Add the "Listed on eFlight" badge to your website.