The paper further reviews the problems, which had to be solved in order to realize the required services on a 24-hour basis. One of these problems was the certification of helicopter weather minima for IFR-flight. This involved the development and evaluation of instrument procedures and the proper choice of instruments and panel lay-out, the navigational aids and the communication system. Some special attention is paid to the radar system, which provides not only weather detection but is also used during the approach to the targets at sea, as well as to the recent evaluation of an Integrated Pilot Display System, which has a great potential for very low weather minima without the use of automatic guidance. The various, sometimes tedious, steps taken to achieve the present state of the art are described in some detail. Finally, the paper gives a few thoughts on possible future improvements of the helicopter transport system in a more general sense, in particular in relation to a project, presently under study at governmental level, concerning the construction of industrial islands in the North Sea. To that end a tentative proposal as to the contributions to be provided by the industry, the governmental agencies and the military and civil operators is presented. (DePo)
Some aspects of offshore operations in the Netherlands
Einige Aspekte des Einsatzes von Hubschraubern fuer den Offshorebetrieb in den Niederlanden
1977
7 Seiten, 7 Bilder, 12 Quellen
Conference paper
English
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