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NCO.IDE.H.120 Operations under VFR – flight and navigational instruments and associated equipment

Regulation (EU) 2019/1394

(a)     Helicopters operated under VFR by day shall be equipped with a means of measuring and displaying the following:

(1)     magnetic heading;

(2)     time in hours, minutes and seconds;

(3)     barometric altitude;

(4)     indicated airspeed; and

(5)     slip.

(b)     Helicopters operated under VMC at night, or when the visibility is less than 1 500 m, or in conditions where the helicopter cannot be maintained in a desired flight path without reference to one or more additional instruments, shall be, in addition to (a), equipped with:

(1)     a means of measuring and displaying the following:

(i)      attitude;

(ii)     vertical speed; and

(iii)     stabilised heading; and

(2)     a means of indicating when the supply of power to the gyroscopic instruments is not adequate.

(c)      Helicopters operated when the visibility is less than 1 500 m, or in conditions where the helicopter cannot be maintained in a desired flight path without reference to one or more additional instruments, shall be, in addition to (a) and (b), equipped with a means of preventing malfunction of the airspeed indicating system required in (a)(4) due to condensation or icing.

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