INFLIGHT GUIDE July 2021 OPERATIONAL MISSION INFLIGHT GUIDE NATIONAL EMERGENCY SERVICES ACADEMY MISSION AIRCREW SCHOOL INFLIGHT GUIDE July 2021 SECTION I: TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION I: TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................... ii SECTION II: PREFLIGHT PLANNING ........................................................................................................... 2 MISSION CHECKLIST ........................................................................................................................................................................... 2 GENERAL PREFLIGHT ACTIONS ...................................................................................................................................................... 6 DOCUMENTS AND MINIMUM EQUIPMENT ................................................................................................................................... 7 CROSSWIND COMPONENT DATA ..................................................................................................................................................... 8 WEIGHT AND BALANCE PLANNING ................................................................................................................................................ 9 AIRCREW OPERATIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT MATRIX ...................................................................................................... 12 FAA FLIGHT PLAN ............................................................................................................................................................................... 14 AIRCRAFT EQUIPMENT SUFFIXES ................................................................................................................................................. 14 BASIC VFR WEATHER MINIMA ....................................................................................................................................................... 15 MARSHALLING SIGNALS .................................................................................................................................................................. 16 MISSION AND GENERAL BRIEFING GUIDE: BRIEFING STANDARDS .................................................................................. 18 GENERAL PASSENGER BRIEFING .................................................................................................................................................. 27 AIRCREW FUNCTIONAL AREA CHECKLISTS: MISSION PILOT ............................................................................................ 28 AIRCREW FUNCTIONAL AREA CHECKLISTS: OBSERVER/SCANNER ................................................................................ 29 SECTION III: EMERGENCY PROCEDURES .............................................................................................. 30 EMERGENCY COMMUNICATONS ................................................................................................................................................... 30 GENERAL RADIO FAILURE PROCEDURES .................................................................................................................................. 30 STANDARD LIGHTGUN SIGNALS .................................................................................................................................................... 30 LOST PROCEDURES ............................................................................................................................................................................ 30 STUCK MICROPHONE ........................................................................................................................................................................ 31 EMERGENCY GROUND EGRESS ...................................................................................................................................................... 31 STRUCTURAL DAMAGE / CONTROLLABILITY CHECK ........................................................................................................... 32 AIRCREW SURVIVAL BASICS .......................................................................................................................................................... 34 FIRST AID / URGENT CARE ............................................................................................................................................................... 35 FIRST AID ESSENTIALS ...................................................................................................................................................................... 36 PERSONAL SURVIVAL KIT SUGGESTIONS .................................................................................................................................. 37 COMPLETE SUGGESTED SURVIVAL KIT ITEMS ....................................................................................................................... 38 SECTION IV: COMMUNICATIONS .............................................................................................................. 40 INTERCEPT PROCEDURES ................................................................................................................................................................ 40 COMMUNICATIONS USAGE CHECKLIST ..................................................................................................................................... 41 BASIC PHRASEOLOGY EXAMPLES ................................................................................................................................................ 41 CALLSIGNS ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 42 NATIONAL STANDARD CHANNELIZATION PLAN ..................................................................................................................... 43 PHONE NUMBERS, FREQUENCIES, & SQUAWKS ....................................................................................................................... 43 FLIGHT SERVICE STATIONS ............................................................................................................................................................ 43 PHONETIC FIGURES (NUMBERS) .................................................................................................................................................... 44 PHONETIC ALPHABET ....................................................................................................................................................................... 44 COMM PROWORD DEFINITIONS .................................................................................................................................................... 45 CODE WORDS ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 46 HIGHBIRD RELAY INFORMATION ................................................................................................................................................. 47 PMA7000MS AUDIO PANEL ................................................................................................................................................................ 47 NAT NPX-138 VHF FM Radio ............................................................................................................................................................... 49 TDFM-136 DIGITAL/ANALOG VHF FM RADIO ............................................................................................................................. 50 AIRCRAFT CLOCK POSITONS .......................................................................................................................................................... 51 AIR TO GROUND COORDINATION ................................................................................................................................................. 52 AIR TO GROUND 2-WAY RADIO COMMUNICATION FAILURE IS RECOGNIZED ............................................................. 52 KEEPING UP WITH THE GROUND TEAM ..................................................................................................................................... 53 TURNING THE GROUND TEAM AROUND ..................................................................................................................................... 53 TURN THE GROUND TEAM ............................................................................................................................................................... 54 STOP OR DISMOUNT ........................................................................................................................................................................... 54 OBJECTIVE IS HERE ........................................................................................................................................................................... 55 AIR TO GROUND COORDINATION (VEHICLE ESCORT) LESSONS LEARNED ................................................................... 55 KEEPING UP WITH THE GROUND TEAM: ALTERNATE METHOD ....................................................................................... 56 ii 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