West London Aero Club Operations Manual

87 Pages·2014·4.99 MB·English

Version 2.1 West London Aero Club 8th January 2014

White Waltham Airfield Limited
Trading As
West London Aero Club
Operations Manual

Version 2.0 8th January 2014
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Contents
Contents Page.........................................................................………………………….. Page 2

Record of Amendments............................................................................................. Page 5
Proposal for Amendment & Distribution List..................................................... .......... Page 6
List of Effective Pages........................................................... ..................................... Page 7

Section A General
Introduction………………………………………………………………........................... Page 10
1) Description of Volumes………………………………………………… .................... Page 11

2) Administration (Function and Management)........................................... ............. Page 11

3) Responsibilities (All Management and Administrative Staff) ................................ Page 12

4) Student Discipline and Disciplinary Action ........................................................... Page 13

5) Approval/Authorisation of Flights .......................................................................... Page 14

6) Preparation of Flying Programme (Including Weather Restrictions) .................... Page 16

7) Command of Aircraft ............................................................................................. Page 17

8) Responsibilities of Pilot-in-Command (PIC) ......................................................... Page 17

9) Carriage of Passengers ........................................................................................ Page 19

10) Aircraft Documentation ......................................................................................... Page 19

11) Retention of Documents ....................................................................................... Page 20

12) Flight Crew Qualification Records (Licences and Ratings) .................................. Page 20

13) Revalidation (Medical Certificates and Ratings)................................................... Page 21

14) Flying Duty Period, Flight Time Limitations and Rest Periods (Instructors) ......... Page 21

15) Flying Duty Period, Flight Time Limitations and Rest Periods (Students)............ Page 21

16) Pilot’s Logbooks.................................................................................................... Page 21

17) Flight Planning (General).......... ............................................................................ Page 22

i. Night Operations ...................................................................................... Page 26
ii. Safety Altitude.......................................................................................... Page 26
iii. Flying Over the Sea ................................................................................. Page 26

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18) Safety (General) ................................................................................................... Page 27
Includes:
i. Safety Equipment .................................................................................... Page 27
ii. No Smoking and Dangerous Goods ....................................................... Page 27
iii. Consumption of Alcohol and Drugs; Pilot Health .................................... Page 27
iv. Radio Use and Listening Watch .............................................................. Page 28
v. Radio Failure ........................................................................................... Page 28
vi. Piston Engine Icing .................................................................................. Page 31
vii. Wake Turbulence .................................................................................... Page 31
viii. Accidents (Including Reports) .................................................................. Page 32
ix. Removal of Disabled Aircraft .................................................................... Page 33
x. Incidents (Including Reports) ................................................................... Page 33
xi. AIRPROX ................................................................................................. Page 34
xii. Bird Strikes .............................................................................................. Page 34
xiii. Safety Pilots ............................................................................................. Page 35
xiv. White Waltham Local Regulations .......................................................... Page 35

Section B Technical
1) Aircraft Descriptive Notes ..................................................................................... Page 40

Limitations references……………………………………………………………........ Page 40

2) Aircraft Handling ................................................................................................... Page 40

Includes:
Checklists ...................................................................................................... Page 41
Aircraft Technical Logs (In Accordance with JARs, Part-M, ANO etc.) ........ Page 46
3) Emergency Procedures……………………………………… .................................. Page 49

4) Radio Navigation Aids.................................... ...................................................... Page 52

5) Allowable Deficiencies (Based on MMEL if available).......................................... Page 53

Section C Route
1) Performance (Legislation, Take-off, En-Route, Landing)…………………………… Page 57

2) Flight Planning…………………………………………………………………………… Page 57

i. General Procedures………………………………………………………. Page 57
ii. Fuel and Oil………………………………………………………………… Page 57
iii. Minimum Altitudes for Stall/Spin Awareness/Navigation…………….. Page 58
iv. Navigation Equipment……………………………………………………. Page 59

3) Loading and Mass & Balance…………………………………………………………. Page 59
i. Limitations…………………………………………………………………. Page 59

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4) Weather Minima for WLAC (Instructors, Pilots and Students)…………………... Page 65

i. Flight in the Vicinity of High Ground………………………………………. Page 65
ii. IMC Training or Night Flying………………………………………… Page 65
iii. Altimeter Setting Procedures……………………………………………… Page 67

5) Training Routes/Areas……………………………………………………………………. Page 67
i. Low Flying Regulations…………………………………………………… Page 67
ii. Turns After Take-Off………………………………………………………. Page 69
iii. Circuit Flying……………………………………………………………….. Page 69
iv. Aerobatics in the Local Area………………………………………………. Page 70
v. Practice Forced Landings………………………………………………….. Page 70
vi. Local Flying Area…………………………………………………………… Page 70
vii. Noise Abatement………………………………………………………….. Page 71
viii. Training Routes…………………………………………………………….. Page 72
ix. Action When Uncertain of Position………………………………………. Page 72
x. Procedure When Lost……………………………………………………… Page 73
xi. Landing at Unauthorised or Unintended Destination………………….. Page 73
xii. Departures, Reference Points and Arrivals……………………………. Page 74
xiii. Non-Radio Aircraft at White Waltham………………………………….. Page 74

Section D Staff Training
1) Appointment of Persons Responsible for Standards/Competence of Flying Staff… Page 79

2) Initial Training…………………………………………………………………………….. Page 79

3) Refresher Training………………………………………..……………………………… Page 80

4) Standardisation Training and Proficiency Check.…………………………………….. Page 80

5) Upgrading Training………………………………………………………………………. Page 80

6) ATO Staff Standards Evaluation………………………………………………………... Page 81

Records to be Kept………………………………………………………………………. ….. Page 81

Section E Temporary Flying Orders ……………………………………... Page 85

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Distribution List

COPY NUMBER HOLDER
1 Hard copy Accountable Manager

2 Hard Copy Head of Training

3 Hard Copy Compliance Manager

4 Hard Copy Chief Flying Instructor

5 Hard Copy Operations

6 Hard Copy Flying Instructors Crew Room

7 Electronic Copy Civil Aviation Authority

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Section A - General
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Section A General
Introduction

Applicability
This manual describes how White Waltham Airfield Limited, trading as West London Aero
Club (WLAC) operate their aircraft. This manual is written to seek compliance with the
requirements specified in JAR-FCL1 and EASA Aircrew Regulations Annexes 1 and 7 (Parts
FCL and ORA). Should there be any conflict between this manual and the current Air
Navigation Order, the current Rules of the Air, JAR-FCL, Part-FCL, Part-ORA, CAP 804 or Part-
M, this manual will be considered subordinate. Copyright of this manual is owned by West
London Aero Club (WLAC).
Compliance
No member, be they student, pilot or Flying Instructor at WLAC will be absolved from the
contents of this manual or any other notices or regulations due to ignorance of their
existence, content or effect.
It is a condition of membership that members of WLAC comply with the Operations Manual.
All flying members shall read and sign as having read the Operations Manual annually (a
copy of which in Operations). All student pilots must sign as having read the Operations
Manual before carrying out their first solo flight.
Amendments
No amendments shall be made to this manual in the form of manuscript changes with the
exception of those stated in the Proposal for Amendment form and Section E (and then only
by the Head of Training or the Chief Flying Instructor). All controlled amendments must be
made by reissuing the relevant page(s), the Title Page, the Record of Amendments page and
the List of Effective Pages (and, if necessary, the Contents Page) all of which shall be dated
to reflect the change(s).
Any major changes to this manual must be approved by the Authority before they may be
incorporated, issued to those listed in the Distribution list, and used. If in doubt as to
whether a change is major or minor, the CAA will be consulted.
Phraseology
Where the male pronouns he, him and his are used they are intended to imply he/she,
him/her and his/hers. The use of the male pronoun is simply to allow the text to flow
naturally.

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