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Old 6th Jul 2013, 04:46
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malabo
 
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A cautious welcome from the offshore world if that's where you all want to head to next. In general our training is pretty good, but be warned that you will be expected to depart an airport at night without NVG. And you will be expected to land back at an airport without NVG. And the tens of thousands of night landings done offshore to a single lit rig in a sea of black ink will all be done without NVG. Same with the rig takeoff, rotating into your feared "black hole" at zero airspeed and just the discipline of procedure, pitch and power to keep you safe - no NVG to help you there either.

Anyway, 200 hr Bristow Academy cadets coming from R22's seem to be able to pick it up without drama or incident, so perhaps the cream of Canadian helicopter IFR can as well.
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