CNATRAINST 1542.53F
9 OCTOBER 1998
ACTION
CONDITION
STANDARD
1.8 Describe the
during a brief, with
procedures required to
instructor
control a rotary-wing
assistance, in
aircraft for night VMC
accordance with the
flight for the following
FTI and TH-57 NATOPS
maneuvers:
Flight Manual
a. Vertical takeoff
b. Hovering
c. Turns on a spot
d. Air taxi
e. Transition to
forward flight
f. Climbs, descents
and level-offs
g. In-flight turns
h. Level speed change
i. Normal approach to
a hover
j. Vertical landing
from a hover
k. No hover landings
l. Waveoff
m. Entry, maintenance
and departure of
the touch-and-go
pattern
n. Autorotative entry
o. Autorotative
flight
p. Power recovery
autorotation
1.8.1 Read the FTI
1.8.2 Read the TH-57
NATOPS Flight Manual in
conjunction with the
FTI.
1.8.3 Attend the TFP-1.
1.9 Describe scan
Same as 1.8
Same as 1.8.
patterns needed to
control a rotary-wing
aircraft for night VMC
flight for the maneuvers
listed in 1.8.
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