Bell 206 206B JetRanger III TH-57 Helicopter Student CONTACT WORKBOOK Manual

INTRODUCTION
In the course of helicopter flight training, you will be required to learn the precision skills that are characteristic of all naval helicopter pilots. This will require a tremendous amount of determination, initiative, and perseverance on your part. In return, everyone at this command will do everything possible to help you accomplish this goal.

Learning to fly helicopters will be one of the most challenging and rewarding endeavors you will ever undertake. First, you will learn how to hover. That is to hold the aircraft in nearly motionless flight over a reference point at a constant altitude. Next, you will progress to taxiing the aircraft from one point to another. You will also practice vertical takeoffs and landings, normal approaches, and turns about a spot. Later, as you progress and gain further experience in flying a helicopter, you will be introduced to autorotations and engine failures at altitude. Following satisfactory completion of the C4390 check ride you will be off for your first solo flight as an unrestricted aviator.

In order for you to learn what you need about flying helicopters, it is necessary for you to become intimately familiar with this flight training instruction (FTI). Helicopter training involves close coordination between academics and flight instruction. The better you understand the academic theory, the easier it is for you to learn maneuvers in the helicopter. In addition to the FTI you should consult the following publications:

1. TH-57 NATOPS Flight Manual
2. Engineering, Helicopter, publications
3. Aerodynamics, Helicopter, publications
4. Rotary -Wing Operations Procedures Manual
5. COMTRAWINGFIVEINST 3710.8
6. Master Curriculum Guide, TH-57
7. Squadron SOP

Learning to fly can be defined as developing the proper reaction to an experience in the aircraft. No one can understand the proper reaction to each step without preparation. A thorough working knowledge of procedures is essential for your safe and successful completion of flight training. You must, however, go beyond rote memorization of procedures and strive for a clear understanding of each maneuver before you get into the cockpit and fly the maneuver. Remember, the knowledge gained in this stage of your training will be utilized time and time again throughout your career in naval aviation.