Blackhawk Aircraft Checkout and Safety Training
| On 21 March 2003, NCBC Sea Cadets celebrated the first full day of spring by strapping themselves into the US Army's UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter. The occasion was a Sea Cadet training exercise hosted by A Company, 1st Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment, Rhode Island Army National Guard, located at the Army Aviation Support Facility at Quonset Point. While the weather was uncooperative for getting airborne (pea-soup fog, no visibility with zero ceiling, and a light rain), the Cadets prepared for a future flight date with sessions on aircraft systems, safety and emergency procedures, basic navigation skills, and the all-so-important "sea stories" that every senior military person injects into any training session.
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Safe egress/ingress procedures. |
External hardware and fitments. |
Engines and exhaust wash. |
A harness will fit any Cadet. |
Clips, Clasps, and Hangars. |
Door release procedures. |
Mission grip collective controls. |
Finer points of yaw, pitch, cyclic control. |
Time to strap in. |
Full harness (almost) secured. |
Without a helmet, there's headroom. |
Altitude, not attitude - a key to success. |
To clinch it, cinch it. |
Time to beat - 22 seconds. |
Find the NCBC OPS Officer. |
Sometimes you need that extra hand. |
It's back there somewhere. |
It helps to cinch the chest straps last. |
What dreams are made of... |
Rollup and final points. |
Which Cadet most loves helicopters? |
Yep. That one. |
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