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In aviation, where aircraft are moving about in the air at high speeds, being able to communicate effectively with other aircraft, and with people on the ground is vitally important. This book focuses on the knowledge required to communicate using a radio in an aviation environment.

At the foundation of aviation communication, is the conventions for communicating including standard words and phrases, alphabet, numbers, and time. But most importantly, effective communication over the radio relies on how to make a radio call: what to say, how to say it, and when to make a radio call. This book provides a detailed breakdown of radio procedures accompanied by example radio calls. This includes standard radio procedures, distress and emergency calls and what to do when the radio fails.

Essential knowledge about operating a radio in an aviation environment are also explained, including understanding airspace and interpreting maps and charts. This is supported by information about how radio communication works along with descriptions of radio components and equipment.

This book is written in plain English with easy-to-understand explanations supported with many examples, illustrations and photos.

While this book follows Australian rules and regulations and provides example radio calls based on operations located in South East Queensland, anyone learning flight radio operations will find this book a valuable resource. It provides a practical easy-to-read guide to aviation communication standards and flight radio operations.

Ten years in the writing, this informative and easy to read aviation theory book on the workings of the helicopter

turbine engine is a must for any pilot planning to convert to a turbine helicopter. With the learning pilot in

mind. it provides graphic details of how the turbine engine works in a helicopter, how to operate a turbine

engine, and how to cope with some of the problems you may encounter when operating this type of

helicopter.

"Basic Gas Turbines for Helicopter Pilots" is written by Captain Mike Becker, one of Australia''s most

experienced helicopter instructors. With over 16,000 flight hours, and recipient of the "Captain John Ashton

Award for Flight Standards and Aviation Safety" by the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators of London,

Mike''s experience provides invaluable insights and real hands-on knowledge.

Mike Becker has been operating a helicopter flight school since 1995. As Chief Pilot and Head of Training

Operations, Mike has managed and operated a fleet of over 20 helicopters while employing a team of more

than 30 instructors to deliver over 10,000 turbine training hours per year.

This theory book converts all this experience into a practical, hands-on guide. This book has been tried and

tested in the classroom by hundreds of civil and military students from all over the world who have benefited

from the concise, informative and practical writing style.

"Basic Gas Turbines for Helicopter Pilots" is written in plain English with easy-to-understand explanations

supported by many photographs, illustrations and diagrams. It is a comprehensive text that is a must for the

helicopter pilot exploring the world of turbine engines.

Night Vision Goggles for Helicopter Pilots is written by Captain Mike Becker, one of Australia''s most

experienced helicopter instructors. With over 16,000 helicopter flight hours and recipient of the "Captain John

Ashton Award for Flight Standards and Aviation Safety" by the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators of

London, Mike''s experience provides invaluable insights and real hands-on knowledge.

Mike Becker has been operating a helicopter flight school since 1995. As Chief Pilot and Head of Training

Operations, Mike has managed and operated a fleet of over 20 helicopters while employing a team of more

than 30 instructors to deliver over 10,000 turbine training hours per year. This book captures his experience

as Chief Pilot and Chief Flight Instructor and the breadth of knowledge of the team of flight instructors who,

over the years, have contributed to the continual improvement of this book.

This experience is evident in this practical, hands-on guide to NVG civilian operations. It is written by a

helicopter pilot for a helicopter pilot and demystifies the world of NVGs.

The information and teaching material in Night Vision Goggles for Helicopter Pilots covers the issues of

sourcing and using NVGs, understanding how they work and operate, dealing with unique hazards and risks,

flight planning for NVG operations, crew resource management considerations, helicopter emergencies, and

establishing safe and regulatory-compliant operational systems. New terms like Omnibus, Gen III, ANVIS 9,

microchannel plate, lumen, photocathode, infrared, chicken-wire, and more are clearly explained and

simplified.

Although a technical theory book, it is written in plain English with easy-to-understand explanations

supported by many photographs, illustrations and diagrams.

This book is a ground-breaking world-first comprehensive text. It is a must for the new and current NVG

helicopter aviator, bringing you out of the dark and into the light in terms of the depth of knowledge required

for civilian NVG operations.

While common in the airline industry, Multi-Crew Cooperation is only now becoming better understood in the helicopter industry as larger and more sophisticated helicopters become available and high-intensity operations, including NVG and IFR, become increasingly common in the helicopter working environment. This book explains Crew Resource Management, Threat and Error Management and Multi-Crew Cooperation specific to the helicopter operating environment. 

"Multi-Crew Cooperation for Helicopter Pilots" is written by Captain Mike Becker, one of Australia''s most experienced helicopter instructors. Mike Becker started flying in 1984. His career has been as diverse as the number of helicopter types he has flown - the smaller R22 to the larger B212 and Sikorski S62, and most types in between.  He is experienced in a vast range of helicopter operations, including high altitude, remote area operations, mustering, firefighting, tourism, sling load operations, specialised long line operations, search and rescue, and Night Vision Goggles operations.  

He has been operating a helicopter flight school since 1995. As Chief Pilot and Chief Flight Instructor, Mike operated a fleet of over 20 helicopters and employed more than 30 instructors delivering over 10,000 training hours per year. 

With over 16,000 flight hours and the recipient of the "Captain John Ashton Award for Flight Standards and Aviation Safety" by the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators of London, Mike''s experience provides invaluable insights and real hands-on knowledge.

This theory book converts all this experience and those of his instructional staff into a practical, hands-on guide. 

"Multi-Crew Cooperation" teaches practical techniques to maximise safety margins, promote team coordination in the constantly changing environment of helicopter flight operations.