Safety of Flight, Airports / Heliports
Safety of Flight, Airports / Heliports
Safety of Flight
- Scanning
- Clearing turns
Airports and heliports - Runway numbering
- Active runways
- Runway and heliport markings
- Runway incursion avoidance
- Taxiways
- Non movement/ movement areas
- Field elevation
- Wind direction indicators
- Airport & heliport lighting
- Airport traffic patterns; Airplanes, Helicopters
Radio Communications - Frequency assignment
- Contact procedures
- Microphone techniques
- Aircraft call signs
- Radio phraseology
- Light signals
Controlled airport and heliport communications - Automatic Terminal Information Service - ATIS
- Ground control
- Control tower
Uncontrolled airport and heliport communications - Flight service station
- Unicom
- Multicom
Off Airport - Confined area and pinnacle operations - Wind
- Rotor clearance from obstacles
- Forced landing areas
- Reconnaissance
- Approach angle
- Angle of climb
- Required power considerations
- Altitude over airspeed vs. Airspeed over altitude
- Updrafts, downdrafts and turbulence
- Height/Velocity Diagram considerations
Emergency procedures - Emergency locator transmitter
- Emergency VHF frequency - 121.5
- Transponder codes