Mountain Flying

Risks and challenges from mountain flying

Flying a helicopter in mountainous terrain requires specialist skills, proper training and pre flight preparation to ensure safe operations, whilst maintaining situation awareness and adjusting your flying techniques to account for changing conditions, whilst being prepared for potential emergencies. This article covers some recommendations and considerations flight operation techniques for safely flying helicopters in the mountains including:

• Pre-flight planning
• Understanding helicopter performance and limitations,
• Route planning, navigation and escape routes
• Local weather patterns including winds and fog
• Physiological effects and occur illusions
• Obstacle Hazards such as wires
• Landing zone hazards such white out and sloping ground

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