OBJECTIVES:
This lesson will familiarize the student with the special considerations and characteristics of helicopter flight at night while accomplishing a minimum of 10 takeoffs and landings as sole manipulator of the controls.  Each takeoff and landing will be separated by an enroute phase of flight.


CONTENT:
Introduction-
Preflight planning
Night flight planning considerations
Preflight inspection for night flight
Night vision techniques

Night flight-
Hovering
Use of landing light
Normal takeoff from a hover
Local area night orientation
Traffic pattern operation
Normal approach to a hover
Airport lighting
Straight in autorotations
Hovering autorotations


COMPLETION STANDARDS:
The student will become familiar with helicopter flight in the night environment.  He/she will accomplish a minimum of 10 takeoffs and landings with an enroute phase of flight separating each takeoff and landing