N4001

=VFR Filing and Flight Procedures= File your route using airports/navaids near or on your route of flight. If at Whiting, file via DD-175 through Base Ops. If on the road, file with FSS. =Special VFR= Same as you've always briefed before. Remember, must request SVFR clearance prior to entering Class B, C, or D.

SVFR Departures

 * Min weather for SVFR is 500-1
 * Searchlight - ON
 * Position Lights - STEADY BRIGHT
 * ATC shall have positive control within Class C airspace when the field is IFR
 * A/C w/in Class C shall remain at or below 700'MSL/500'AGL, clear of clouds and S of Langley Road.
 * All comms include "SVFR"
 * No simulated emergencies w/in Class C when field is IFR
 * TH-57B not allowed to operate SVFR outside local area

SVFR Arrivals

 * Remain outside Class C until cleared SVFR
 * Holding - non-standard (left) pattern at 80KIAS, 1 mile legs
 * Except at Pt Juniper: standard (right) pattern to avoid inbound traffic from NOLF Harold
 * ATC clears Number 1 A/C to depart Holding.
 * Number 1 A/C is the A/C that is approaching the holding point and not necessarily the one that arrived in holding first.
 * Declaring emergency for fuel: immediate handling
 * Declaring minimum fuel: sequenced ahead of other aircraft
 * Pilot may request to follow in trail if visual separation can be maintained.
 * Fog Arrival
 * non-standard (left) pattern if requested
 * Hughes Arrival
 * From Spencer: hold non-standard at Pt. Whiskey
 * From Santa Rosa or East Bay: hold non- standard at Pt. Echo
 * Holding at Hughes
 * hold parallel to Hwy 90, left hand turns
 * Be alert for SVFR traffic holding at Pt. Whiskey
 * Holding at Igor
 * hold prallel to Hwy 89, left hand turns
 * if Rwy 5 is in use tower may request Igor traffic to turn 1/2 mile south (water tower south of Igor) of Igor to maintain a required 1 1/2 mile separation from rwy centerline at North Whiting Field
 * East or Harold Arrivals
 * hold northeast of Pt Juniper, right hand turns

=Course Rules= If you're planning the flight to/from Whiting, plan to use course rules with the appropriate squawk. =Sectional/Aeronautical Charts= Become familiar with sectional/terminal charts. When discussing your route, include the use of collecting (what you see as you fly, reinforcing the fact that you are on course), funneling (linear features that parallel/guide you to the next checkpoint), and limiting (if you see this, you've gone too far) features. =CRM= Same as you've always briefed. =Airspace= Usually not as intense as the I4402 brief, but you should still have a good knowledge, especially of the depictions on VFR charts and the VFR requirements to fly through different airspaces. =Fuel Planning/Computation= Plan a bingo/go-nogo fuel level at one of your checkpoints, and time/fuel required to return to the origin or divert airport.

remember, without an alternate you need to have enough to get to the initial approach fix, shoot the approach, have your reserve and land with 10 gallons. with an alternate you need to have enough to get to the initial approach fix for the destination, then for your initial fix and approach for your alternate plus the reserve and the 10 gallons

=Lost Aircraft= The primary requirements when lost are as follows:
 * 1. Confess.
 * 2. Climb.
 * 3. Conserve.
 * 4. Communicate.
 * 5. Conform.
 * 6. Consult local area maps for landmarks.
 * 7. Land if necessary and ask available persons for information.