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Old 13th Oct 2015, 11:05
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Offshore - as mentioned by others previously, the modern NVGs have much better capability with variable gain to prevent them closing down in brighter lights.

As long as you are not staring directly into the flare then a hand-flown NVG approach will be straightforward - you do need to scan laterally however since depth perception and rate of closure assessment are more difficult using NVG but still waaaayyy better than the unaided eye.

Surely you can hand fly the cyclic from 0.75 nm but still utilise rad alt hold (on manoeuvre if you have the capability) or wind down on it so you retain height protection until the last moment.

The correct challenge and response between the pilots will also help - eg responding to rad alt height warnings/audios (if you have them) and calling check heights.
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