AMC1 FCL.810(c) Night rating

GYROPLANE NIGHT RATING COURSE

(a) The aim of the course is to qualify GPL holders to exercise the privileges of the licence at night.

(b) The DTO or ATO should issue a certificate of satisfactory completion of instruction to indicate licence endorsement.

(c) The theoretical knowledge syllabus should revise or explain:

(1) night VMC minima;

(2) rules about airspace control at night and facilities available;

(3) rules about aerodrome ground lighting, runway lighting, landing site lighting and obstruction lighting;

(4) aircraft navigation lights and collision avoidance rules;

(5) physiological aspects of night vision and orientation;

(6) the dangers of disorientation at night;

(7) the dangers of weather deterioration at night;

(8) instrument systems or functions and errors;

(9) instrument lighting and emergency cockpit lighting systems;

(10) map marking for use under cockpit lighting;

(11) the principles of practical navigation;

(12) the principles of electronic navigation aids;

(13) planning and use of safety altitude;

(14) the dangers of icing conditions, and avoidance and escape manoeuvres.

(d) Flying training

(1) The exercises of the night rating flight syllabus should be repeated as necessary until the student achieves a safe and competent standard.

(2) The flying exercises should comprise the following.

(i) Exercise 1:

(A) revise basic manoeuvres when flying solely by reference to instruments(*);

(B) explain and demonstrate the transition from visual flight to instrument flight(*); and

(C) explain and revise recovery from unusual attitudes solely by reference to instruments (*);

(ii) Exercise 2: explain and demonstrate the use of radio navigation aids when flying solely by reference to instruments, including position finding and tracking, when applicable (*).

(iii) Exercise 3: explain and demonstrate the use of radar assistance, when applicable (*).

(iv) Exercise 4:

(A) explain and demonstrate night take-off techniques;

(B) explain and demonstrate night circuit techniques;

(C) explain and demonstrate night approaches with or without visual approach aids; and

(D) practise take-offs, circuits, and approaches and landings.

(v) Exercise 5: explain and demonstrate night emergency procedures, including:

(A) simulated engine failure (to be terminated with recovery at a safe altitude);

(B) simulated engine failure in various phases of flight;

(C) simulated inadvertent entry to IMC (not on base leg or final approach);

(D) internal and external lighting failure; and

(E) other malfunctions and emergency procedures, as required by the AFM.

(vi) Exercise 6: solo night circuits.

(vii) Exercise 7:

(A) explain and demonstrate night cross-country techniques; and

(B) practise night cross-country dual flight and optionally supervised solo flight to a satisfactory standard.

Items with a (*) should be completed in simulated IMC and may be completed in daylight.