105 Flashcards
Red light
Local time which a helo will no longer be SAR capable and has approx. 30 min. of flight time remaining
A complete flight deck uniform shall consist of
- Helmet with goggles
- Floatation device
- Flight deck jersey
- Leather gloves
- TYCOM approved flight deck trousers
- Steel-toe boots
Jersey and flotation must be same color of their detail and labeled with billet title.
Flight deck jersey colors for the following:
- Chocks/Chains and Aircraft Handling
- Fuel
- Crash and Salvage
- Helicopter LSE
- Helicopter PC
- QA
- Maintenance crews
- Ordnance
- Safety
- Transfer Officer
- Chocks/Chains and Aircraft Handling — BLUE
- Fuel — PURPLE
- Crash and Salvage — RED
- Helo LSE — GREEN
- Helo PC — BROWN
- QA — WHITE
- Maintenance — GREEN
- Ordnance — RED
- Safety — WHITE
- Transfer Officer — WHITE
When are flight plans required?
- Flights that terminate ashore
- Flights that cross ADIZ boundaries and are not covered by a flight advisory
- Flights that go over land
Close Proximity Ops
Concurrent flight ops by two or more CVs/LHAs/LHDs or concurrent ops between CV/LHA/LHD and other aviation-capable ships — each ship should remain in its assigned disposition in order to reduce air traffic coordination problems.
Prelaunch procedures shall include exchange of air plans and prelaunch notification by aviation-capable ships and acknowledgement by CV/LHA/LHD prior to any flight ops within 10 of the CV/LHA/LHD.
Unscheduled launches or recoveries that are caused by emergency or operational necessity are permissible but must be coordinated with OTC asap.
Who is the ATO?
Air Transfer Officer.
Responsible to the Air Ops Officer for the safe and orderly flow of passengers, mail, and cargo on and off carriers by aircraft.
Who is the Air Officer?
The Air Officer determines the case launch and/or recovery. Responsible for visual control of aircraft operating in the carrier control zone.
Control Criteria: CASE I
Anticipated that flight will not enter IMC during daytime departures/recoveries and weather is 3000’ / 5 NM
Control Criteria: CASE II
Anticipated that flight may enter IMC during daytime departures/recoveries and weather is 1000’ / 5 NM
Control Criteria: CASE III
Anticipated that flights will encounter IMC during departure/recoveries and weather is < 1000’ / 3 NM or it is night time
Positive Control
shall be utilized under the following conditions:
- < 500’/1
- Night time (30 min after sunset until 30 min prior to sunrise)
- Mandatory letdown in thunderstorm areas
- Other situations when weather phenomena might cause difficulty to pilots
Advisory Control
- Shall be utilized when the traffic density requires a higher degree of control for safety of flight.
- Limited to VMC
- Traffic separation is the pilot responsibility with assistance provided
Monitor Control
- VMC outside of controlled airspace
- Pilot responsibility for traffic separation
Nonradar Control
- Shipboard radar is inop or super degraded
- Inadequate to provide traffic separation under conditions that normally req. positive control
Positive Control Lateral Separation
Apply to aircraft being controlled by ASR
- > 50 nm — 5 nm separation
- < 50 nm — 3 nm separation
- On approach or downwind inside of 12 nm — 2 nm separation
- On final within 5 nm — 1-1.5 nm separation
Positive Control Vertical Separation
Helos shall be separated by 500’
From a control standpoint, aircraft emergencies fall into the following three broad categories:
- Communication failure
- NAVAID failure
- Other aircraft system failures
Alert Response and Readiness Condition Required
- Alert 5 — Condition I
- Alert 15 — Condition II
- Alert 30 — Condition III
- Alert 60 — Condition IV
Case III Departure Voice Reports
- Airborne
- Passing 2,500’
- Arcing
- Est. Outbound
- Popeye with altitude
- On top with altitude
- Kilo
Fixed Wing Landing Pattern (Downwind and 90*)
Downwind — 600’ / 1-1.5 nm
90* — 450’-500’
Helo Approach Wx Mins
Non-precision — 300 - 3/4
Mode III — 200 - 1/2
Mode III Final Approach Course
Helicopters shall pass the 3-mile DME fix at 500’ in landing config and maintain 500’ until intercepting glidepath or otherwise directed.
The preferred area to load AGM-114 Hellfire and 2.75” rockets is ______________.
Spot 3 or 4
Which evolutions require permission through Flight Deck Control or PriFly?
- Engine start
- Rotor engagement / disengagement
- “Break” and “Lift”
Helo CVN launch weather mins
200 - 1/2
Explain / Draw the “Keyhole Diagram”
shall depart to port and shall not cross the bow within 5 NM or stern within 3 NM
SAR capable “Red Light” fuel report vs. Non-SAR capable fuel report
Red light — reported in HHMM local (7XX, 4 souls, 1645 red light)
Non-SAR — reported in HH+MM to NATOPS min fuel (7XX, 3 souls, 3+30 splash)
Case I and Case II Helo departure procedures
shall clear the control zone as directed by tower
Case III Helo departure procedure
After takeoff, shall climb straight ahead to 200-300’ (unaided), 150-300 (aided), or as assigned by CATCC and arc within 3 NM to intercept assigned departure radial.
Climb to departure altitude will commence on departure radial outside 12 NM.