NATO Helicopters

Question 1

What does Endurance mean?

Answer 1

Time to minimum landing allowance reported in hours and minutes and a four figure time group

Question 2

What is Ramp Fuel

Answer 2

When on a ship

The minimum fuel state by which aircraft (fixed and rotary) are to be back on the deck.

Aircraft below RAMP fuel or likely to be below are to declare an emergency

Command may change an Aircrafts RAMP fuel while it is airborne if it considered that the factors governing the safety factor fuel have changed.

A/C captain must acknowledge this change before it becomes effective.

Question 3

What is minimum landing allowance

Answer 3

Ashore

Calculated from the minimum useable fuel for a particular aircraft type plus additional margins.

Airborne aircraft below or likely to be airborne below MLA are to declare an emergency.

Merlin mk2/3 - 600-800kgs

Wildcat - 100kgs

Question 4

Primary roles of Wildcat and Merlin

Answer 4

Wildcat: ASuW and ASW

Merlin: ASW and ASuW

Question 5

Secondary roles of Wildcat and Merlin

Answer 5

Search and Rescue (SAR)
Helicopter delivery service (HDS)
Troop carrier 
Naval Gunfire Support (NGS)
Vertical replenishment (VERTREP)

Question 6

Operational height and speed for wildcat

Answer 6

Height: 400ft

Speed: 120kts

Question 7

MLA for wildcat

Answer 7

100kgs

Question 8

Endurance for WIldcat

Answer 8

2:00 hrs

Question 9

Crew for Wildcat

Answer 9

1 pilot
1 Observer
1 winchman

Question 10

Operational height and speed for Merlin

Answer 10

Height: 200ft

Speed: 120kts

Question 11

MLA for Merlin

Answer 11

600-800kgs

Question 12

Endurance for Merlin

Answer 12

5hrs (31/2 hrs more likely)

Question 13

Crew for Merlin

Answer 13

2 pilots
1 observer
1 aircrewman

Question 14

Operational Height and Speed Merlin Mk3

Answer 14

Height: 200ft

Speed: 100kts

Question 15

Troop numbers for Merlin MK3

Answer 15

30

Question 16

MLA for Merlin Mk3

Answer 16

400kg

Question 17

What is the operational height and speed of the Dauphin

Answer 17

Height: 500ft

Speed: 130kts

Question 18

Primary and Secondary roles of the P3 Orion

Answer 18

Primary: ASW

Secondary: ASuW

Question 19

VECTAC height and speed or P3

Answer 19

Height 300ft

Speed 180kts

Question 20

Secondary roles of P3

Answer 20

SAR
Maritime Security Ops (MSO) 
SIGINT
AWACS
ISTAR
Research

Question 21

What is the Magnetic Anomaly Detector (MAD) for the AURORA CP-140 (Canada)

Answer 21

ASQ 502

Question 22

What is the VECTAC Height, Speed and Endurance for the Atlantic SP-13A

Answer 22

Height: 250ft

Speed: 180kts

Endurance: 10 hours

Question 23

What is the Cruise Speed of the P-8A Multi-Mission Maritime Aircraft (MMA)

Answer 23

440 kts