Fly from Armstrong International (KMSY) to the Leeville VOR (LEV) frequency 113.50 and then turn and fly the 103 FROM radial to reach your first oil rig platform at 18.8 DME

Leg 2

Leg 3

Leg 4

Take off from rig Charlie (KR03) and take up a heading of 300. Intercept the 242 Radial FROM Leeville VOR and fly to a DME of 65.9nm.

Leg 5

Take off from Delta (KR04) rig and fly a heading of 280. Rig Echo should be in sight if visibility is greater than 10nm.

Leg 6

From rig Echo (KR05) fly a heading of 320 and intercept the 257 FROM radial of Leeville VOR. Fly to DME 96.3

Leg 7

From rig Foxtrot (KR06), fly a heading of 037 until the Tibby VOR (TBD) frequency 112.00 becomes active, then turn the OBS to show 037 TO and fly this course to DME 33.9.

Leg 8

Take off from rig Golf (KR07) and fly direct to White Lake VOR (LLA) frequency 110.40. Upon reaching White Lake VOR turn left to a heading of 238. Follow the 238 FROM radial to DME 36.2

Leg 9

From Hotel fly a heading of 330 and intercept the 097 FROM radial of Sabine Pass VOR (SBI) frequency 115.40. Tune OBS to show 277 TO and follow this course until you intercept the 185 FROM radial of Lake Charles VOR (LCH) 113.40.

Leg 10

From India (KR09) fly a heading of 340 to intercept the 112 FROM radial of Sabine Pass VOR. Tune OBS to show 292 TO Sabine Pass VOR. Fly this course and intercept the 195 FROM radial of Lake Charles VOR to locate your final rig. On a clear day this rig is visible from Hotel Rig and you can fly directly to it without using VOR radials. Land and pick up as many injured passengers as your aircraft can transport for the next leg to the Charity Hospital.

Leg 11

Take off from Juliet(KR10) and fly directly to the White Lake VOR. Pass White Lake and fly the 087 FROM radial until the Tibby VOR (TBD) 112.00 becomes active and fly direct.

Pass Tibby and fly direct to the Harvey VOR (HRV) 114.10. Then fly the 328 FROM radial and intecept the 104 FROM radial of the Reserve VOR (RQR) 110.80.

At this intersection you will find a 900ft tall gray rectangular building with a radio antenna next to it on the ground. This is the Charity Hospital (KH01). Land on the roof of this building to dispatch injured oil rig workers.

Rig Helicopter Operations

Flying to and landing on gulf oil rigs is a very risky operation. Many pilots train for thousands of hours to successfully qualify for this task. When attempting a landing on an oil rig. Approach the landing pad from the direction that is away from the rig, there are several cranes and protuberances that must be avoided. Slow to an approach speed of 10 to 15 knots until within 100ft or so, then slow to 2 to 3 knots and land on the pad. If there are excessive winds, which is not uncommon in the Gulf, the winds must be taken into account.

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