An East Lancashire entrepreneur has gone viral on TikTok for showing people how to fly a helicopter.

Burnley businessman, Dave Fishwick, better known as the Bank of Dave, has amassed more than 25 million views on the social media platform with his instructional videos teaching people how to fly.

One of his videos was even tweeted by BuzzFeed News after they noticed how many views he'd clocked up on the video sharing app.

Lancashire Telegraph:

Mr Fishwick, who began his career selling minibuses before turning his hand to lending money to the people of Burnley, said: "As you know, I love flying helicopters and I have been flying for over 25 years, I really enjoy it.

"Some days when I am stressed from work, I arrive home and look up at the sky and choose a great big cloud to go and sit on.

"I get my helicoper out of the hangar and fly up to the cloud and hover just above it, slowing the helicopter down to the same speed and height as the cloud, it is an amazing feeling.

"I have a real passion for flying, so I decided to make a few videos for people who love aviation, and things have just gone viral very quickly."

Mr Fishwick only joined TikTok a few months ago but has already accumulated more than 169,000 followers and 993,000 likes, with his videos combined amassing more than 24 million views.

The entrepreneur, whose life story is being turned into a major Netflix film set to be released later this year says he was contacted by BuzzFeed after they spotted one of his vidoes, 'How to take off in a helicopter' had garnered more than 6.3 million views.

He added: "I was contacted by BuzzFeed, as they had noticed I was going viral with lots of my videos.

"I have just done a huge interview with a top journalist from the BuzzFeed head office in New York in America and that interview will soon be shown across all the BuzzFeed Networks, TV and social media across the globe.

Lancashire Telegraph:

"BuzzFeed News videos have the biggest global media reach in the world and they have had over 17.4 billion views, in total, which is just amazing. 

"Hopefully I’m helping put Burnley and Lancashire on the map."

The helicopter Mr Fishwick is flying in the BuzzFeed video is his jet engine, five seater helicopter, called a Bell Jetranger.

He also has another chopper, a four seater Robinson R44 Raven 2.

To follow Mr Fishwick on TikTok search for @bankofdave