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  • Chapter 11: Night Operations › Starting, Taxiing, and Run-up

    personal equipment prior to flight to ensure proper functioning and operation. All airplane lights should be checked for operation by turning them on momentarily during the preflight inspection. Position lights can be checked for loose connections by tapping the light ... quite easy to see stepladders, chuckholes, wheel chocks, and other obstructions, but at night, it is more difficult and a check of the area can prevent taxiing mishaps. Starting, Taxiing, and Run-up Once seated in the airplane and prior…

  • Chapter 14: Airport Operations › Collision Avoidance › ATC Instructions—Explicit Runway Crossing

    ATC Instructions—Explicit Runway Crossing As of June 30, 2010, ATC is…

  • Chapter 11: Night Operations › Training for Night Flight

    This assures the aircraft is close enough to activate the system and…

  • Chapter 11: Night Operations › Takeoff and Climb

    The pilot should adjust the flight deck lights to a minimum brightness…

  • Chapter 14: Airport Operations › Collision Avoidance › ATC Instructions—“Line Up and Wait” (LUAW)

    ATC Instructions—“Line Up and Wait” (LUAW) ATC now uses the “line…

  • Chapter 12: Night Operations › Night Flight › Taxi Technique

    light, which illuminates a larger area under the helicopter. When operating at an unfamiliar airport at night, ask for instructions or advice concerning local conditions, so as to avoid taxiing into areas of construction, or unlighted, unmarked obstructions. Ground controllers…