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Vectors to Nowhere

The day’s flight started out like so many before: mundane paperwork-related tasks, a brief oral evaluation, aircraft preflight, etc., and it was now instrument evaluation time.

'Can I Get Progressive Taxi Instructions?'

Airport pavement markings and signs are intended to provide useful information to pilots during takeoff, landing and taxiing. But how effective are these markings and signs when a PI doesn’t understand what the depicted information represents?

  • 1 June 2019
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Practice Makes Perfect

There I was, arriving to my new unit as the safety officer and learning there was no pre-accident plan (PAP) or mishap response plan (MRP).

  • 26 May 2019
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Trust Your Systems

When I arrived in Iraq, I was a new pilot out of flight school, chomping at the bit to contribute to the mission.

  • 19 May 2019
  • Author: USACRC Editor
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Don't Forget the Checklist

I was beginning to feel comfortable again in the C-12 after being out of the fixed-wing community for more than four years. That being said, even though I was executing well, I often felt like I was behind the aircraft and performing mechanically.

  • 1 May 2019
  • Author: USACRC Editor
  • Number of views: 827
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Why We Have Two Pilots

On this particular evening, we were transferring a patient as a flight of two Black Hawks to Baghdad to facilitate a higher level of care. Little did we know a number of events would unfold that almost cost us our lives.

  • 28 April 2019
  • Author: USACRC Editor
  • Number of views: 718
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