View allAll Photos Tagged PilotTraining
T-6 Texan IIs fly in formation at Roanoke Blacksburg Regional Woodrum Field, Va., February 2019. Instructor pilots from the 37th Flying Training Squadron and 48th FTS at Columbus Air Force Base, Miss., worked with cadets from the Virginia Tech Air Force’s ROTC program Feb. 8-11, 2019. (Courtesy photo)
Mission-specific simulator training for helicopter pilots enhances safety by letting you practice any scenarios in any environment until standard operational procedures become second nature. Then, when a situation emerges in real life, one is prepared, one step ahead, ready to act without hesitation.
The TRU Odyssey H AW139 sim is a level D full-flight simulator for comprehensive helicopter training in the most challenging conditions, failures and missions. It is equipped with Phase 7 Avionics. The simulator can be configured to almost every need, regardless of mission type or weather scenario. In our case flying in the Helicopter Traffic Zone (HTZ) which is established around a gas or oil platform or rig with a helideck with new and large wind turbines in the neighbourhood. The HTZ, with a radius of 5 NM in The Netherlands, is there to safeguard the helicopter’s approaches and departures. But the new generation wind turbines of 12+ MW can have an impact on the HTZ; in height and wake turbulence (downstream).
Although this state of the art sim offers immersive and realistic training thanks to cockpit vibration, smoke generation, 3D clouds, any weather you can think of, specific object placement and night scenes, wind turbines are a different ball game. The 12+ MW are rather new at sea, so flight simulator developers have to take this into further account. Therefore, next to the positive results of our missions, the flight test resulted in a number of suggestions for future enhancements.
Technical stuff
This shot was taking during the pre-trials, because the sim was brand new. One give-away is that pilots don’t wear their head-sets and the pilot left is not 200% assisting the PIC (pilot in command).
This gave me time to take my FujiFilm X-E3 out of a flight bag and shoot some pictures at 6400 ISO, f4,5, 1/30, -2/3 at 16mils. Post-production was done after landing (safely I might add ;-). I used LR to balance the lighting in the cockpit and for toning. I added copyright signs (in PS). They are, alas, there to stay due to the fact that my photos were frequently copied. So, don't bother commenting on that.
44684072_1933932833576410_3599471082706305024_n
www.instagram.com/p/BpTTPXuAqXS/?taken-by=thezoekotnik
Stumbled upon this video (5 years old now) of my initial 9G centrifuge training at Brooks City Base, and thought it would be beneficial to share. For those unfamiliar, 9Gs of gravitational force multiplies the weight of your body 9 times, making it difficult to keep oxygen in your lungs and blood in your head. With the help of a G-suit, technical breathing, and proper muscle strain, you can train your body to sustain significant gravitational force; a requirement to be able to fly a high G-capable aircraft. Turn up the volume and listen as the instructor guides me through the 9.15G profile! *For the record... no one looks good under 9Gs, not even you @robholland5150....* #centrifuge #highgravity #gravity #fightertraining #pilottraining #fighterpilot #womeninaviation #fighterjet #usaf #avgeek #avnerd #aviation #brookscitybase
Agile and responsive, the Bücker Jungmann was designed to make aerobatics feel natural. Here it’s shown upside down, demonstrating the nimble handling that made it a favourite with trainee pilots and display flyers alike. Even nearly a century on, it still delivers the thrills that cemented its reputation as one of the finest light biplanes ever built.
A Hunting Percival Jet Provost fast jet trainer at the Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington near York UK. Photographed a few weeks ago using a Nikon F70 35mm SLR on Ilford FP4+ film that expired in 2001 and home processed. The negatives were scanned using a Plustek 8200Ai film scanner to DNG raw files and processed using Capture One Pro 23. Chemistry used was as stated in the keyword tags.