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Old 6th Aug 2005, 12:54
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mderdem
 
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Helicopter Marshalling Signals

Hi all,
New to PPRuNe,

I am not a pilot, however I am researching helicopter marshalling signals for a project we have in my company.

I have read some official aviation documents and I am familiar with civilian marshalling signals. However I am having difficulty differantiating betweens signals which apply when the helicopter is on the ground and signals which apply when the helicopter is in the air.

For example "move horizontally" and "ahead" and "move backwards". Would these signals are exclusively used when the helicopter is in the air ?

I would assume that a helicopter pilot would not need these signals when he is landing to a easy landing spot at an airport. So in which kind of landing would those signals are commonly used (landing on shipdecks ?) ?

I am sorry for asking these probably very obvious questions, I don't really hesitate to read thick docs, but google didn't help me a lot about this kind of "real world" details.

Thanks in advance,

Devrim.
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