The Helicopter Pilot's Handbook

Table of Contents

1. INTRODUCTION
   1. The Job
   2. Getting Started
   3. Further Reading
   4. QUALIFICATIONS
   5. UK (JARs)
   6. Modular Courses
   7. Canada
   8. USA
2. THE COMPANY YOU KEEP
   1. Managing Director (President)
   2. Chief Pilot
   3. Flight Safety Officer
   4. Chief Training Captain
   5. Base Manager
   6. Maintenance Contractor
   7. Operations Manager
   8. Company Pilot
   9. Customers
3. HOW HELICOPTERS WORK
   1. Flight Controls
   2. Control Orbit
   3. Power
   4. Tail Rotor Drift
   5. Tail Rotor Roll
   6. Rotor Systems
   7. In flight
   8. Ground Resonance
   9. Dynamic Rollover
   10. Ground Effect
   11. Recirculation
   12. Vortex Ring
4. SPECIALISED TASKS
   1. External Slung Loads
   2. Ground Crews
   3. Equipment
   4. Setting Up
   5. Hooking Up
   6. Setting Down
   7. Vertical Reference (Longlining)
   8. EM Bird
   9. Aerial Application
   10. The Rotor Wake
   11. The Procedure
   12. Spray Drift
   13. Seeding
   14. Fire Suppression
   15. Aerial Ignition
   16. Casualty Evacuation/Air Ambulance
   17. Pleasure Flying
   18. Running The Site
   19. The Technical Bits (for UK)
   20. Special Events (for UK)
   21. Line Patrol
   22. Power Line Cleaning & Maintenance
   23. Civil Aviation Notification Procedure (CANP)
   24. Pipeline Survey
   25. UK Police Operations
   26. Prisoners
   27. Persons under the influence
   28. Bodies and remains
   29. Police Dogs
   30. Weapons and Munitions
   31. Hover Emplaning and Deplaning
   32. Formation Flying
   33. Landing Helicopters on Roads
   34. Parachute Dropping
   35. Mountain Flying
   36. Illusions
   37. Winds
   38. Landing Sites
   39. Approaches
   40. Log Pads and Platforms
   41. Summary
   42. Night Flying
   43. Winter Operations
   44. The Weather
   45. Whiteout
   46. Taking off
   47. The Cruise
   48. Landing
   49. Aerial Filming and Photography
   50. The Movies
   51. Aerial Survey
   52. Air Testing
   53. Seismic Support
   54. Avalanche Control
   55. Aerial Harvesting
   56. Wildlife Capture
   57. Instrument Flying
5. OPERATIONAL STUFF
   1. VFR En-Route Minima
   2. Over water
   3. Landing Sites
   4. Fuel
   5. Drums
   6. Fuel Checking
   7. Passengers on Board
   8. Ditching
   9. Sea Movement
   10. The Procedure
   11. Equipment
   12. Operations and Forced Landings In Remote Areas
   13. Emergency Equipment
   14. Loading and C of G
   15. The Load Plan
   16. Loadsheets
   17. Icing
   18. Ground De-icing
   19. Recording Of Flight Times
   20. Passenger Safety
   21. Minimum Equipment and Configuration Deviation Lists
6. TECHIE STUFF
   1. Twins
   2. Profiles
   3. Factors Affecting Performance
   4. Leading Edge Protective Tape
   5. Engine Failure and Autorotations
   6. Power-On Recoveries
   7. Tail Rotor Failure
   8. Loss of Tail Rotor Effectiveness
   9. Jammed Controls
   10. Hydraulic Boost Failure
   11. Overpitching
   12. Engine Handling
   13. Carburettor Icing
   14. Oil Cans
   15. Schermuly Flares
   16. Height/Velocity Curve
7. GOING FOR A JOB
   1. The Advert
   2. Your Resume
   3. The Interview
8. THE BELL 206
   1. The LongRanger
   2. The Fuselage
   3. The Engine
   4. LongRanger
   5. Transmission
   6. Rotors
   7. Controls
   8. Electrics
   9. LongRanger
   10. Oil
   11. Fuel
   12. Consumption
   13. LongRanger
   14. Limitations And Data
   15. Specimen Performance Data
   16. Starting limits
   17. C of G
   18. Checklists
   19. Daily Check
   20. Preflight
   21. Prestart
   22. Start
   23. Engine Fire During Start
   24. Run Up
   25. Pre Takeoff
   26. Hover
   27. Descent/Landing
   28. Shutdown
   29. Emergencies
   30. Generator Failure
   31. Engine Restarting In Flight
   32. Hydraulic Boost Failure
   33. Fuel Control and/or Governor Failure
   34. Fire
   35. Warning Lights
   36. Emergency Equipment
   37. Popout Floats
   38. Fire Extinguisher
   39. Emergency Exits
   40. Schermuly Flares
   41. Final Approaches
   42. Dual Controls
   43. Power Check
   44. Performance Charts
   45. Suggested Minimum Equipment List
9. AS350
   1. Limitations And Data
   2. Engine
   3. Rotors
   4. Tail Rotors
   5. Rotor Brake
   6. Transmission
   7. Hydraulics
   8. Electrics
   9. Fuel
   10. Capacities
   11. Oil
   12. Capacities
   13. CG Limits
   14. Emergencies
   15. Warning Lights
   16. Engine Relighting
   17. Fuel Flow Rate Drop
   18. Excessive Fuel Flow
   19. Surging
   20. Engine Fire
   21. Smoke in the cabin
   22. Checklists
   23. Daily Check
   24. Prestart
   25. Start
   26. Pre Takeoff
   27. After Landing
10. PILOT DECISION MAKING
    1. Decisions, Decisions
    2. The Body
    3. Eyes
    4. Ears
    5. Disorientation
    6. Respiratory System
    7. Decompression Sickness
    8. Heart Disease
    9. Diet
    10. Stress
    11. What is Excessive Stress?
    12. Coping With Stress
    13. Stress Management
    14. Attitudes
    15. What type of person is a pilot?
    16. What is the common thread that unites all competent people?
    17. Alcohol and Drugs
    18. Sleep and Fatigue
    19. Information Processing
    20. Memory
    21. Habits
    22. Flight Deck Management
    23. Communication
    24. Standard Operating Procedures
    25. Responses
    26. Response checklist
    27. Problem solving
11. USEFUL DATA
    1. Various Weights
    2. Fuel
    3. Dry Wood
    4. Typical Hook Loads at MAUW HOGE
    5. Common Helicopter Dimensions
    6. Holdover Times
    7. Type I
    8. Type II
12. INDEX