AUTO+MEDICAL FEATURES
PILOT, JOE LEBRECQUE REVEALS THE COCKPIT
9 THE COCKPIT “We’re a single-pilot helicopter. The aircraft is fully capable with Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) and has auto-pilot. We are outfitted with the top-of-the-line electronics, the auto-pilot on a helicopter isn’t very common. We do not fly IFR, by instruments, but we have all the capability of doing so. We have two GPS systems and a moving map that will show us radar weather and will also show us all of our intended heights in the area. We also have three different tools to show us all of our obstructions in our airspace.”
10 TRACKING “We have a satellite tracking system that sends our position, every thirty seconds, to our communications centre so they are continually tracking us. If something were to happen, wherever we stop or land, they’d be able to dispatch aid to us anywhere immediately. We are equipped with what we call a glass cockpit. A lot of aircraft only have analogue gauges, but we have all these gauges in front of the pilot so I don’t have to look around as it’s right in front of me.”
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