Appendix 4 to JAR-FCL 2.125
In Europe, the Joint Aviation Authority (JAA) regulates all education by implementing Joint Aviation Regulations (JAR). JAR Flight Crew Licensing (JAR FCL) is the document that contains all the regulations in relation to coaching. JAR-FCL two is the document that relates to helicopters.
Following you acquire your Private Pilot's License PPL(H), you might possibly want to additional your expertise and train for a night qualification. You will not be permitted to fly at night without having having completed a night qualification course.
The course must be completed within 6 months so make confident you spending budget accordingly. The course will involve ground school and 15 hours of flying - so it is not low cost.
Appendix 4 to JAR-FCL 2.125 tells us what we will need to do. Just before starting the night qualification course, you must have completed 100 hours of flight time as pilot of helicopters right after the concern of your license. You ought to have at least 60 hours as pilot in command of helicopters and you should also have completed at least 20 hours of cross nation flight.
The Night Qualification Course
The night qualification course consists of ground school covering the theory requirements and also the flight portion covering the flying instruction. The course should be conducted at a Flight Training Organization (FTO) or (when EASA becomes mandatory and replaces JAR in April 2012) an Approved Coaching Organization (ATO). There is no flight test at the finish of the course. On completion of the course the night flying restriction on your pilot's license will be removed.
THEORY
Theory will take at least 5 hours of instruction (actual hours depends on the school you use). Topics covered are:
- night VMC minima
- guidelines regarding airspace manage at night and facilities attainable
- guidelines concerning aerodrome ground/runway/landing webpage/obstruction lighting
- aircraft navigation lights and collision avoidance rules
- physiological elements of night vision and orientation
- dangers of disorientation at night
- dangers of weather deterioration at night
- instrument systems/functions and errors
- instrument lighting and emergency cockpit lighting systems
- map marking for use below cockpit lighting
- practical navigation principles
- organizing and use of safety altitude
- danger from icing circumstances, avoidance and escape manoeuvres
FLYING Coaching
The flying coaching is the enjoyable part of the course and consists of 15 hours flying. Of the 15 hours, 10 hours will be flown in the day time simulating flying on instruments and five hours shall be flown at night. Of the five hours night flying, you will have to complete five solo circuits.
The flying education will cover:
- simple manoeuvres when flying by sole reference to instruments
- transitions to instrument flight from visual flight
- recovery from unusual attitudes
- use of radio navigation aids
- use of radar assistance
- night hovering
- night take-off techniques
- night circuit strategy
- night approaches
- engine failures at night
- hydraulic manage failure at night
- emergency procedures
- night cross nation approaches
- night solo circuits
Course Completion
On completion of the night qualification course you will be issued with a course completion certificate. The paperwork will be submitted to the relevant Authority of the nation exactly where you had been issued with your license and you will have the night flying restriction removed from your license. For additional information you can refer to Appendix four to JAR-FCL two.125 at any training school or search on the online or view for information and freebies.
