CV NATOPS Flashcards
Red Helmet
Green vest
H on front and back
Is who?
Helicopter LSE
Red helmet
Brown vest
H on front and back
Is who?
Helicopter plane captain
Purple shirts and helmet?
Blue shirts and crew number on front and back?
Aviation fuel crew
Aircraft handling crew and chock men
What is CASE 1 defined as pertaining to Wx control criteria:
Case I: When it is anticipated that flights will not encounter instrument conditions during daytime departures, recoveries, and the ceiling and visibility in the carrier control zone are no lower than 3,000 feet and 5 nm respectively.
What is CASE 2 defined as pertaining to Wx control criteria:
Case II: When it is anticipated that flights may encounter instrument conditions during a daytime departure or recovery, and the ceiling and visibility in the carrier control zone are no lower than 1,000 feet and 5 nm respectively.
What is CASE 3 defined as pertaining to Wx control criteria:
Case III: When it is anticipated that flights will encounter instrument conditions during a departure or recovery because the ceiling or visibility in the carrier control zone are lower than 1,000 feet and 5 nm respectively; or a nighttime departure or recovery (one‐ half hour after sunset and one‐half hour before sunrise).
What are the 4 degrees of control?
Positive
Advisory
Monitor
Nonradar
What is the ceiling and VIS for helicopters needed for positive control?
What else warrants positive control?
Ceiling of 500ft and visibility of 1 mile or less
- All flight operations between one‐half hour after sunset and one‐half hour before sunrise except as modified by the OTC or carrier commanding officer.
- During mandatory letdown in thunderstorm areas.
-In other situations where supervisory personnel can anticipate weather phenomena that might cause
difficulty to pilots.
What is advisory control?
It shall be used when the traffic density in the operating area requires a higher degree of control for safety flight. It is normally limited to VMC. Traffic separation is the responsibility of the individual pilot with assistance from the controlling agency.
What is monitor control?
This control shall be utilized only when aircraft are operating VMC outside controlled airspace and the responsibility for separation from other traffic can be safely assumed by the pilot.
What is Non-radar control?
This control shall be used when shipboard radar is inoperative or so degraded as to be inadequate to provide radar separation of air traffic under conditions normally requiring positive control
Vertical separation for helicopters under positive control shall be __________.
500 ft
Mode I emergency squawks?
1st digit
0- ok 1- Hydraulic 2- electrical 3- fuel 4- oxygen 5- engine
2nd digit
0- no radio
1- no radio, tacan ok
2- no radio, ADF ok
3- radio ok, no NAVAIDs
Helicopter approach mins?
Missed approach instructions?
Non-prec: 300-3/4
MODE III: 200-1/2
Miss app: Helicopters shall climb straight ahead on the extended final bearing to 300 feet altitude and await instructions from approach control.
If no instructions are received prior to reaching __________, the pilot will attempt to make contact with the ship, giving identification and position. If instructions are not received, he will assume communication failure and execute a turn downwind reporting _________.
If radio contact is not reestablished, what do you do?
- 4 miles or 2 min ahead of the ship
- Downwind abeam
Helicopters reenter through the 3 nm DME fix or turn inbound 2 minutes past abeam.
ALDIS LAMP: Flashing Red light?
Bingo- proceed to alternate
ALDIS LAMP: Steady green light?
Charlie- Cleared to land aboard
ALDIS LAMP: Steady Red light?
DELTA — Delay in landing. Enter DELTA pattern and maintain visual contact with the ship.
Starting engines for helicopters: 3 things?
- There are no wind limitations for starting engines; the air officer, Helicopter Control Officer (HCO), or Helicopter Engaged Turn Officer (HETO) should be prepared to engage rotors immediately following engine start.
- Personnel shall not enter or exit the rotor arc with the engines operating and the rotor brake on. Excessive
time with the engines operating and the rotor brake on should be avoided. The air officer, HCO, or HETO should be prepared for rotor brake slippage at all times. - The Auxillary Power Unit (APU) may be started provided there is enough clearance to prevent damage to adjacent aircraft/equipment from APU exhaust.
LSE/PC shall request which evolutions through flight deck control?
Engine start, rotor engage/disengage, break and lift
If SAR capable the helicopter shall report?
- shall report red light to the controlling agency upon launch. When there is a significant change in the red light or red light is reached, a radio call to the controlling agency should be made.
- SAR capable helicopters will report “red light” in HHMM local. Non-SAR capable helicopters will report fuel state HH+MM to NATOPS minimum fuel.
Unless otherwise directed, helicopters shall take departure to ___ and shall not cross the bow within ___ or the stern within ___ without specific clearance from the tower.
Port
5 NM
3 NM
Launching from spots ___,___, and _____ should be avoided when aircraft are turning in the six pack.
4,5,6
Helicopter restrictions during fixed wing launch/recovery (aka keyhole dimensions)?
340* to 020* (Bow) - not within 5 mm. Below 200 ft from 5 to 10 nm
190* to 150* (stern) - not within 3
Port side- below 300’ within 5nm, below 400’ from 5-10nm
Starboard- below 400’
Helicopters experiencing lost communications should remain ______, arc to enter ______, and execute lost communications procedures
at or below 300 ft, starboard delta
During recovery of aircraft with forward firing ordnance, the plane guard helicopter shall not be positioned where?
on the starboard side from the 360 to the 090 degree relative bearing within 5 nm from the carrier.
Visual signal for immediate landing?
I desire to land but I can wait?
Fly close aboard starboard quarter, remaining clear of other traffic,with gear down and flood/search/landing lights on. With complete electrical failure, fire a red flare to seaward.
Fly by or hover on the starboard side of the ship, low and close aboard, with navigation lights bright and flashing and anticollision lights on.
Plane guard is on station when operating within:
20 nm during the day
10 nm during the night
Helicopter readiness condition 1?
- The aircraft shall be spotted for immediate launch, with rotor blades spread, starting equipment plugged in, and a LSE, starting crewman, plane captain, and required plane handlers standing by
- unless otherwise directed by aircraft handling officer, four tiedowns shall be attached to the aircraft
- The flightcrew shall be ready for launch in all respects, with all personnel equipment attached and adjusted as in flight.
Helicopter readiness condition 2?
Same as condition 1, except that flightcrews shall stand by in the ready rooms.
An alert SAR helicopter in Condition II may be folded provided the primary SAR helicopter is airborne.
Helicopter readiness condition 3?
- Main rotor blades may be folded and the aircraft need not be in position for immediate launch; however, it must be parked so as to allow direct access to a suitable launch spot.
- A towbar shall be attached to the aircraft and a specific LSE, tractor driver, handling crew, and starting crewman shall be designated and assigned to each helicopter. These personnel must be thoroughly briefed so that when the order is given to prepare to launch, the aircraft can be safely and expeditiously moved into position and readied for launch.
- Flightcrews should be briefed for the launch and be standing by in a designated location.