Night Vision Goggle (NVG) Course - Initial

Course Information:

The Airbus H125 helicopter is used to conduct night vision goggle flight training for this course. The course schedule consists of 5 training days with 8 hours on day 1 of classroom training and 6 hours per student of flight training over the course of 4 night flights. At course completion, pilots will have basic knowledge on the safe use of night vision goggles and will be receive a graduation certificate upon successful completion of the course.

Course Objective:

• Initial qualification for commercial pilots.
• Pilots must pass a 30 question written examination and satisfactorily complete all maneuvers.

Ground Training Content:

• Aeromedical factors related to the use of night vision goggles
• Goggle evolution and operation
• Sources of night light
• NVG visual acuity
• Meteorological conditions and NVG
  
• Crew resource management specific to NVG operations
• NVG failures
• NVG maneuver review

Flight Training Content:

• Basic aircraft maneuvers - commercial standards and NVG specific (4 hours)
• Emergency procedures (1 hour)
• Inadvertent IMC penetration (0.5 hours)
• Spatial disorientation (0.5 hours)

Enrollment Prerequisites:

• Hold an FAA Helicopter Pilot certificate
• Hold at least a second class medical certificate
• Current helicopter experience
• Minimum of 300 hours flight time in the same aircraft series
• In special circumstances, any of the above requirements may be waived with Chief Instructor approval.