Additional Details Night Qualification
Pre-requirements:
An applicant applying for a Night Qualification must have completed the following:
- At least 100 hours of flying time as pilot of helicopters after the issue of the PPL (H). Including:
- 60 hours as Pilot in Command of helicopters and,
- 20 hours cross-country flying time
License Validity:
The holder of a licence that does not include a valid instrument rating (helicopter) shall not act as pilot-in-command of a helicopter carrying passengers at night unless, during the previous 90 days, at least three take-offs and landings have been carried out by night.
Night Qualification Air Exercises Syllabus:
- Exercise 1: Revise basic manoeuvres when flying by sole reference to instruments, demonstrate transition to instrument flight from visual flight, and revise recovery from unusual attitudes by sole reference to instruments.
- Exercise 2: Demonstrate use of radio navigation aids when flying by sole reference to instruments, to include position finding and tracking.
- Exercise 3: explain and demonstrate the use of Radar Assistance
- Exercise 4: Demonstrate use and adjustment of landing light, demonstrate night hovering, and demonstrate night emergency procedures
- Exercise 5: Solo night circuits.
- Exercise 6: Demonstrate night cross country techniques, and practice night cross country dual and as SPIC to a satisfactory standard.
Theoretical Knowledge Instruction:
5 hours of theoretical knowledge instruction, covering the revision and/or explanation of:
- Night VMC minima.
- Rules regarding airspace control at night and facilities available
- Rules regarding aerodrome ground/runway/landing site/obstruction lighting
- Aircraft navigation lights and collision avoidance rules
- Physiological aspects of bight vision and orientation
- Dangers of disorientation at night
- Dangers of weather deterioration at night
- Instrument systems/functions and errors
- Instrument lighting and emergency cockpit lighting systems
- Map marking for use under cockpit lighting
- Practical navigation principles
- Radio navigation principles
- Planning and use of safety altitude
- Danger from icing conditions, avoidance and escape manoeuvres
Flight Training Bookings and More Information
For further details or to make a booking, please contact the Sloane Flying School:
Tel: 01604 817145
Fax: 01604 817197
Email: training@sloanehelicopters.com
Or you can even arrange to visit our Flying School facility here at Sywell, where you will be able to see our unbeatable helicopter flight training facilities in action.
