Helicopter Flight Information

CONTENTS

Introduction                    ...................................i

 Class E and G Procedures        ………………………………………………………1

             Outbound         ………………………………………………………………3

             Arrival              ………………………………………………………………6

 Class D Airspace          ………………………………………………………………13

             Approach         ………………………………………………………………15

             Departure         ………………………………………………………………19

 Class C Airspace          ………………………………………………………………23

 Class B Airspace          ………………………………………………………………25

             Approach         ………………………………………………………………27

             Departure         ………………………………………………………………38

 Enroute Procedures      ………………………………………………………………45

 ATIS    ………………………………………………………………………………51

 SID’s and STAR’s       ………………………………………………………………55

             SID’s   ………………………………………………………………………56

             STAR’s            ………………………………………………………………61

 Flight Following            ………………………………………………………………63

 Mode C Veil    ………………………………………………………………………67

 Flight Plans       ………………………………………………………………………71

             VFR Flight Plans          ………………………………………………………72

             IFR Flight Plans            ………………………………………………………76

             Local Clearance IFR    ………………………………………………………80

 Flight Service    ………………………………………………………………………83

 Safety of Flight ………………………………………………………………85

             Inadvertent IMC           ………………………………………………………85

             Fuel Exhaustion    ………………………………………………………88

             Some minimums worth considering………………………………………89

 911      ………………………………………………………………………………95

 General Communications and Navigational Altitude………………………97

 Definitions and Abbreviations    ………………………………………………101

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