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Old 19th Jan 2005, 08:59
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Shawn Coyle
 
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As a very newbie EMS pilot (passed the checkride today), and one who is going to be operating in a very dark area (at least at night), it is obvious that some things would be very useful - NVGs being one of them. We're scheduled for next year...

But what about some of the enhanced vision stuff we're seeing on business jets? Why not see if some of that can't be included at a reasonable cost?

Next would be WAAS enabled GPS with a good terrain database and obstacle database. Surely someone can come up with something that's reasonble in this area, specfically for helicopters. After all, they operate in a relative small area and the extra memory for the detailed information we need should fit (if they can do the whole country for a bizjet, Southern California should be a breeze..)
And more weather stations please!
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