To learn to fly a military helicopter is to take a master class in multitasking. You need both hands and both feet to control the aircraft while keeping a close eye on the horizon and your altitude.

“You feel very quiet and very stable,” he explained at IAA Mobility, an industry conference in Munich, Germany, last month. “It’s very easy to learn. Helicopter took me about 40 hours to learn. But ...

To learn to fly a military helicopter is to take a master class in multitasking. You need both hands and both feet to control the aircraft while keeping a close eye on the horizon and your altitude.