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• Helicopter Flying Handbookp. 12-8
  Chapter 12: Night Operations › Night Flight › Taxi Technique

  Engine Starting and Rotor Engagement Use extra caution when starting the engine and engaging the rotors, especially in dark areas with little or no outside lights. In addition to the usual call of “clear,” turn on the position and anticollision ... helicopter, so illumination to the side is minimal. Therefore, slow the taxi at night, especially in congested ramp and parking areas. Some helicopters have a hover light in addition to a landing light, which illuminates a larger area under…

• Helicopter Flying Handbookp. 10-9
  Chapter 10: Advanced Flight Maneuvers › Confined Area Operations

  Common Errors 1. Failing to adjust cyclic control to keep the helicopter from sliding down slope. 2. Failing to maintain proper rpm. 3. Holding excessive cyclic into the slope as the down slope skid is raised. 4. Failure to maintain ... heading, resulting in a turning or pivoting motion. 5. Turning the tail of the helicopter into the slope during takeoff. Confined Area Operations A confined area is an area where the flight of the helicopter is limited in some direction…

• Helicopter Flying Handbookp. 8-6
  Chapter 8: Ground Procedures and Flight Preparations › Safety in and Around Helicopters › After Landing and Securing

  Either occurrence may cause the helicopter to roll or pitch, resulting in a rotor blade striking the tail boom or the ground. Good operating procedures dictate that, generally, pilots remain at the flight controls whenever the engine is running ... exiting the cockpit without disturbing the flight or power controls. After Landing and Securing When the flight is terminated, park the helicopter where it does not interfere with other aircraft and is not a hazard to people during shutdown…

• Helicopter Flying Handbookp. 11-5
  Chapter 11: Helicopter Emergencies and Hazards › Autorotation › Technique (How to Practice)

  decreases to the desired groundspeed—usually the lowest possible speed (position 4)—move the cyclic forward to place the helicopter in the proper attitude for landing. This action gives the student an idea of airframe attitude to avoid, because ... pilot should never allow ground contact unless the helicopter is more nose-low than that attitude. Limiting the flare to that attitude may result in slightly faster touchdown speeds but will eliminate the possibility of tail rotor impact on level…

• Helicopter Flying Handbookp. 11-17
  Chapter 11: Helicopter Emergencies and Hazards › System Malfunctions › Landing—Stuck Left Pedal

  power setting during the approach and ensures that the nose remains to the right. Upon reaching the intended touchdown area and at the appropriate landing gear height, increase the collective smoothly to align the nose with the landing direction ... right and directs the aircraft forward and down to the surface. In certain wind conditions, the nose of the helicopter may remain to the left with zero to near zero groundspeed above the intended touchdown point. If the helicopter…

• Aeronautical Information Manualp. 7-5-2
  Chapter 7. Safety of Flight › Section 5. Bird Hazards and Flight Over National Refuges, Parks, and Forests › 7-5-6. Flights Over Charted U.S. Wildlife Refuges, Parks, and Forest Service Areas

  Fish and Wildlife Service, and Wilderness and Primitive areas administered by the U.S. Forest Service. NOTEFAA Advisory Circular AC 91-36, Visual Flight Rules (VFR) Flight Near Noise-Sensitive Areas, defines the surface of a national park area (including parks ... forests, primitive areas, wilderness areas, recreational areas, national seashores, national monuments, national lakeshores, and national wildlife refuge and range areas) as: the highest terrain within 2,000 feet laterally of the route of flight, or the upper-most…