The complex nature of the professional activities of helicopter pilots actualizes a systematic approach to determining their readiness to perform their duties when flying in international airspace. At the same time, participation in peacekeeping operations, rescue expeditions, evacuation of the population makes increased demands on the level of their foreign language training in the higher military educational institution of aviation profile. Aviation English training is specific in terms of purpose, content, proficiency criteria and relevant professional and personal indicators and conditions of use. Given the importance of radio exchange in ensuring trouble-free flight activities, the article analyses the process of English-language preparation of future helicopter pilots for radio exchange at the main stages of the training flight. This training should take place with a gradual increase in the complexity of tasks, the advancement of cadets from learning and reproduction of language structures to independent modelling of professional communication situations. It involves the involvement of such resources of the information and educational environment of higher education institutions as regular classrooms with classrooms and / or interactive whiteboards, language classrooms, training cabins of Mi-2, Mi-8, Mi-24 helicopters, located in specialized classrooms. The most successful place to practice radio communication skills is an aviation simulator, which allows you to practice not only the speech response, but also the motor response to control the helicopter. Intelligence computer simulations of helicopter motion are promising, which creates unique opportunities for creating radio exchange learning situations. At the same time, the study of this issue allowed us to conclude that it is inexpedient in teaching cadets to focus only on standard phraseology of radio exchange, as the latter, although it helps to avoid misunderstandings, is not able to describe all possible circumstances and reactions. Therefore, in cases where the standard phraseology does not "offer any typical forms of verbal communication, pilots and air traffic controllers switch to ordinary English", which raises the issue of enriching the English-speaking arsenal of aviation professionals. Key words: aviation English, helicopter pilot, language tasks, flight situation, professional readiness, radio exchange, phraseology.
Taining helicopter pilots for radio communication in English in a higher military educational institution