Navigate / EASA

GM3 SPA.NVIS.130(f) Crew requirements for NVIS operations

ED Decision 2022/012/R

FLIGHT TRAINING – AREAS OF INSTRUCTION

A detailed example of possible subjects to be instructed in a NVIS flight instruction is included below.

Table 1

Flight training areas of instruction

Item

Subject Area

Subject Details

Recommended Time

1

Ground operations

—          NVIS equipment assembly

—          Pre-flight inspection of NVISs

—          Helicopter pre-flight

—          NVIS flight planning:

—          light level planning

—          meteorology

—          obstacles and known hazards

—          risk analysis matrix

—          CRM concerns

—          NVIS emergency procedures review

—          Start-up/shut down

—          Goggling and degoggling

1 hour

2

General handling

—          Level turns, climbs, and descents

—          For helicopters, confined areas and sloped landings

—          Operation specific flight tasks

—          Transition from aided to unaided flight

—          Demonstration of NVIS related ambient and cultural effects

1 hour

3

Take-offs & landings

—          At both improved illuminated areas such as airports/airfields and unimproved unlit areas such as open fields

—          Traffic pattern

—          Low speed manoeuvres for helicopters

1 hour

4

Navigation

—          Navigation over variety of terrain and under different cultural lighting conditions

1 hour

5

Emergency procedures

—          Goggle failure

—          Helicopter emergencies

—          Inadvertent IMC

—          Unusual attitude recovery

1 hour

 

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