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It's pleasure to join you in this community, am not from the European continent but I did most of my training under EASA regulation with the greatest company in Europe as Airbus helicopter and Leonardo helicopter and also Oxford aviation training academy for my basic training, I hope to learn from you and to give you my feedback about my experience to add a value to the safety management system. Thank you for your effort for fafety promotion ☺️

Hi everyone, very happy to join this group.
In regard to safety related to rotorcrafts, I wrote an e-book which describes the technical causes of accidents. As everyone knows, most of the accidents are pilot driven, but there's still a few wide open traps in which it's easy to fall into.
The e-book is mainly single engine (AS350) focused, but several sections apply to any kind of helicopters. Right now it's in French, but pretty easy to convert in English on request.
The format is adapted for overhead projection since the first intent of those 5 sections were to be used during a refresher's course.
It's now available for free, just drop me an email olivierdesjeux@gmail.com
Any comment for the purpose of improving the content is more than welcome.

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Good day everyone!

According to SERA.5001 in airspace classes F and G when so prescribed by the competent authority:
(a) flight visibilities reduced to not less than 1 500 m may be permitted for flights operating:
(1) at speeds of 140 kts IAS or less to give adequate opportunity to observe other traffic or any obstacles in time to avoid collision; or
(2) in circumstances in which the probability of encounters with other traffic would normally be low, e.g. in areas of low volume traffic and for aerial work at low levels;
(b) helicopters may be permitted to operate in less than 1 500 m but not less than 800 m flight visibility, if manoeuvred at a speed that will give adequate opportunity to observe other traffic or any obstacles in time to avoid collision.

Can you share information if this specification has been implemented in any variation in your respective member state?

Thank you!

Radio licencing in Austria, in German Language! Good afternoon, I am doing PPL training in Austria (in English) - I have now realised I am expected to pass the radio licence test in German (administered by the postal authority!). Is there any work-around? Could I do the test under UK rules and have it recognised? Are radio licenses transferable across the EU? The language of aviation is English, all comms with ATC in English, but the exam in german! Help!