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Seamanship
Flight Deck Operations
UNCLASSIFIED
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References
Aircraft Signals NATOS !an"al# NA$AIR %%&'%T&(()
*elicopter Operating roce+"res for Air Capa,le Ships# N- )&
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US Na01 Aircraft Emergenc1 Resc"e Information NATOS
!an"al# NA$AIR %%&'%R&(.&(
Stan+ar+ Organi2ation an+ Reg"lations ofthe U/S/ Na01 !an"al 3SOR!4# ONA$INST )(5%/)5
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6i0en a s"rface ship "n+er7a1 DISCUSS thef"n+amentals of flight +eck operations IA-NATOS/
Terminal O,8ecti0e
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Intro+"ction
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Comm"nications
Imperati0e to notif1 other shipsoperating in 1o"r 0icinit1/
Flag *otel is "se+ to in+icate the
stat"s of a flight operation/
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Na0 E:"ipment an+ Lan+ing Ai+s
TACAN (Tactical Air Navigation): ra+iona0 s1stem pro0i+ing pilots 7ith +istance an+
,earing to the ship< locate+ on the main mast
Homing Beacon= Flashing 7hite light on
main mast to pro0i+e 0is"al ai+ for pilot
Stabilized Glide Slope Indicator (SGSI)=
color of the light in+icates to the pilot if the1
are a,o0e 3green4# ,elo7 3re+4# or on 3am,er4the proper gli+e slope
Waveoff ig!t"= on either si+e of the S6SI#
7hen flashing the pilot m"st a,ort the lan+ing
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Flight ?"arters
Flight Deck Stat"s@Re+= ship can mo0e freel1# air ops not permitte+
@Am,er= helo is ,eing mo0e+ or repositione+ on flight
+eck# helo engaging or +isengaging rotors@6reen= ship m"st maintain co"rse an+ spee+# take off
an+ lan+ing permitte+
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OOD Responsi,ilities
Ens"re the ships Flight OperationsChecklist is complete
Ens"re crash# resc"e# an+ firefighting
preparations are complete
Ens"re na0igation an+ 0is"al lan+ingai+s are operational an+ properl1
+ispla1e+
!aintain comm"nications ,et7een the
,ri+ge an+ all stations in0ol0e+ in flightoperations# incl"+ing= CIC# *CS# an+
the flight +eck
!aintain proper 7in+s for helo
operation
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-in+ En0elope
Specific to each class of ship an+ t1pe of helicopter
In+icates re:"ire+ 7in+ +irections an+ spee+s for +a1 an+ night flight
operations
Lists the ma>im"m allo7a,le pitch an+ roll for the ship class
-in+ spee+ gi0en in relati0e
-in+ Spee+ an+ +irection= meas"re+ 7ith anemometer 37in+ ,ir+4
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-in+ En0elope
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Flight ?"arters ersonnel
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Flight ?"arters ersonnel
TA*+CICW*= Responsi,le to OOD for helo air,orne control# e>cept+"ring la"nch an+ lan+ing
@ ASTAC+ATAC= Controls an+ +irects aircraft +"ring tactical
operations
Helo Control *fficer (HC*)= S"per0ises all flight operations# locate+ inthe *elicopter Control Station 3*CS4< controls helo +"ring la"nch an+
lan+ing
anding Signalman ,nli"ted (S,): $is"all1 signals to the pilot +"ring
take&off# lan+ing# an+ approach< 7ears Bello7 8acket an+ cranial
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Crash Cre7 E:"ipment
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*elo In&Flight Ref"eling 3*IFR4
*IFR con+"cte+ 7hen flight +eck is fo"le+ +"e to $ERTRE or
+"ring ro"gh seas
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Reco0er1# Assist# Sec"ring# an+ Tra0ersing S1stem
3RAST4
Use+ a,oar+ FF6s# C6s# an+ DD6s to assist in lan+ing helicopters#especiall1 +"ring high sea states/
Uses a high&tension ca,le to 7inch +o7n a helo to the +eck an+
large cla7s to sec"re the helicopter for tra0ersing into the hanger
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