AW139 Helicopter Offshore Flight | 3 Platform Landings | Full Cockpit View

Today's mission is a two-hour offshore flight into the North Sea. Join me as I finish the walk-around of our helicopter, then follow us along for the full start-up, take-off and three landings on different offshore installations. Along the way I'll take some time to answer a technical question I'm frequently asked. 1014 FLAT approved 21, 1014, Bluebell 55A 1014, set 1014, set, and I'll have a sort of ATTRIX departure Check, ATTRIX departure There we go, engine start, the doors The doors are closed and in the back Awesome, seatbelts packed briefing Seatbelts packed brief, is nobody in the back, seatbelts are on Awesome, anti-call position Is coming on The rotor brake Is off Fuel panel On, pressurized Check, main bus voltage 423, looking good Engines You can be with me. I am there, all the controls time 52, go ahead. And starting number 1, max 10 seconds from the base of the day, sorry, 91, max 10 from now. Start, ignition and idle. 400, hydraulics alive, 500, 600, engine screen, ITT decreasing, 49, start result, 55, self-sustaining. and starting number two max 10 from now check start ignition and oil ng engine oil and waiting for the itt here we go itt is on the rise passing 200 300 400 500 600 657 eyes and decreasing both engines green all gearbox hydraulic screen 49 starters out warning warning 55 is self-sustaining And, we forget that, thank you, my controls, thank you, and, after start. After start, I'll put a bit of ventilation on already, if that's OK with you, there we go. After start, the T's and the P's. All green and clean, except it shows you the start of custom switches. Check external power. External power is off, being removed, doors closed. Copy, generators 1 and 2. Both online. The bus tie. The bus tie is off. Check. Sorry, auto. Yep, TCAS off. Glide slope, pull up, warning, terrain, they are done, the autopilots are in the test, the fuel pumps, fuel pumps are in the test, system test, ok, and the ventilation, max in the back, fan low in the front, fuel pumps are on, and autopilots, yeah, are tested now on, check, aft status completed, ok, thank you, Ground, Bluebell 55A, ready for clearance. Bluebell 55, cleared to AT3M 2000, squawk 4355. Cleared to AT3M 2000, 4355, Bluebell 55A. Bluebell 55, you are correct, over to the tower, cleared for flight. Thank you, bye bye, bye bye. 55A, 4355, AT3M, check over to tower, 124.23, for arrival, ops and offshore, 125.175. Awesome, E4 taxi departure briefing. Departure briefing will be a standard, cleared area, F-1, departures runway 21, what's the standard calls? That is covered, loads, clouds, 1600, I think. Alright, so most likely will be a visual back to runway 21, a bit left there. And the engine mode. Engine mode is going to flight, 1 and 2. And the other pilots. All the pilots are on. Alt pre-select NAV, at 2000, FMS set my side, N1 my side 2000, seeing the flaps, flaps coming, arm, the nose wheel, nose wheel is unlocked, parking brake coming off, and the landing lights, is on, thank you, ready, I'll ask for a taxi, tower, good afternoon, Bluebell 55, Alfa, spot 113, taxi, Bluebell 55, good afternoon, taxi approved, toll is 0.3, runway 21, 53 to control, good afternoon, taxi approved, 0.3, Bluebell 55, Alfa, brake checked, alrighty, start, 1352, sorry I pressed the no-smoking sign. Not that you can smoke now, but in case you're wondering. GTI521, 9-4-8. GTI521, Bluebell 55. Line up is approved, left is cleared. Alright, fair ride, entering runway. GTI525, GTI230, one-niner maximum is two-niner knots, runway 21 cleared for take-offs. GTI521, Roger the wind, Bluebell 55, over. Clearance is already in, transponder is on for take-offs. Go ahead, all good, and good lift. Go like, transponder is on, anti-ice is off, heater is off, heading. Heading will come, heading on, heading set. 214 seen, there we go, the takeoff clearance we have, nose wheel. Nose wheel locked. NR. NR1 and 2. Completed, go ahead. Thank you, lifting. Two AP's, 558, beautiful, there we go. Power check please. So, caution in the morning, 64, 8000 feet on the table, checks are completed, 85. 85, plan to take off. Check, are set, TDP. Go. It's us. Check. Approaching VY. NRA, back to 100. Check. 200 feet. NRA, traveling. Check. Give me ALT, STA, and NALF please. ALT, A, NALF, selected. Thank you, I got ALT, STA, and NALF captured. Yes sir. Setting to 100. 500 feet. Thank you, ALT, take off please. The gear is up. NRA. NRA, back to 100. Flaps 5.5, cool and rifle 124.23, till later. Cool and rifle, till later, Bluebell 55. Parking brakes... Parking brakes off. ...and the compasses. ...and the compasses, back, back in the turn 240. Check. After takeoff is completed. Cool and rifle, Seabrook Bluebell 55A, passing 800, climb at 2000, A3X3M. 55, good day, I land 5. Seabrook, I land 5, 55. 500 to go. 500 to go. Airborne 258. Hey guys, it's us, up front, Bro and me, and today we are flying without passengers to our first stop. But I had some questions regarding the radio, so I'll try to explain, because sometimes you see me just talking to ATC without pushing a button or something. It works like this, it is fairly simple. Now, we have a radio in here, and you can see the radio page, so we have COM1 and COM2. Currently I am listening to Amsterdam information on the number 2, and an offshore frequency on the number 1. Now, I have my COM panel here, where it states I am listening on COM2 and COM1, but I transmit only on COM2. and if i want to swap i'll press this one and now it's clear i transmit on number one but how do i transmit well i have on my cyclic here a button here with my index finger there but i try not to use it but which i do use all the time is that one you see it that one so when you see me talking on the radio i just move my foot press it and i talk so that's why very often you you don't see me, I don't know, pushing a button or whatsoever. So, I hope that makes sense, if not, well, leave a comment, but this is how we use the radios. 300-500, go! Yeah, 300-500, whatever you're looking at, 7 minutes, I'll call Amsterdam, thanks. Amsterdam, Bluebell 55A. 55A, Amsterdam. 55, start descent for the month, 3 stops in the field, FCC has the watch, give you a call ever again from the GOLF month for A, back to the Queen. Bluebell 55A, roger, tot dan. Tot zo, 55. All ready, say goodbye to Amsterdam, ready for the ALT? Yes please. Here we go, selected, gear is in transit. Yep, ready for some checks. Shall we do that? Full mainnet, gear is down, there we go, the B4 landing, TAPEX briefing not applicable. Nobody wants to join us, the NTI's. NTI's not applicable either. The compasses? The compasses are going to DG, DG. Oh yeah, total Chicabana, D... Landing lights, happy to keep them on? Yeah, happy to keep them on, we're the only ones out here. Landing gear? Landing gear is down 3 greens, park brakes is on with pressure. And the heater? Is off. Check. And the briefing, what should we do? A left-hand approach for a right? Yeah, let's do that. Standard offshore, right side landing? That is copied, no questions, I'll quickly check the heli directory. Heading 135, sorry. What? 135. Oh still, same time. Still, kind of the same. Bluebell 5-5, GOLF17. Go ahead, 5-5. The wind is SW, 38 knots. Copy the wind, thanks, Bluebell 5-5. SW 240 is 380, we have 3-7. It's not very often we fly with two instructors together! What could possibly go wrong? 1 and 2. Check, the gear is down, the brakes are set, and ladders up, compasses is DG. Radar is off, ident, this is the G17, final is completed. Thank you. Read wind, indicated 70, ground speed 35. Bug in side, no power at all, you need. Check, we will make that, I'm calling landing. Check, gears down, brakes are set. Check, height, check, height. You are over the deck edge by sight. 150 feet. Be sure the crew are my sight? Check. Good, got the position. Yeah, exactly. N15, have a good load time. N55A, all on the deck, G17, 232. Beautiful! Right-of-way down, right-of-way centers, down, and nose, aft is completed. Yes sir, roger. Rotor, low. Rotor, low. I'm heading for a sec. Uh, fuel, now... All gone, the point of briefing is understood. Lights, lines, and floats... The doors? Doors are closed, visually confirm. Yes, right off, clear as well, practice briefing you've done, deck clear as we have, and your modes? Both white. Floats? Boats on. N-R? N-R is 1 and 2. Anti-gol. Thank you, it's on. Check. Global 55L, G17, have to the count, 14B, correction, G16, bravo, 3PB. Cleared, lifting. 3PB. GFC, roger, for your information, G16, bravo, deck clear, unmanned, after departure. Cleared, let's go, thank you. No cautions. Unmanned, so we're picking up two guys, are we? Yes, exactly. All right. The caution one is only 55 TORQ, wow, 10-0, the bench level checks are completed, we're looking at 68. 68, take the left, check, power, power, set, I'm outside, TDP, go, crazy, no power at all, there's VTOS, check, positive climb, 200 feet, and RMS back to 300, thank you, check, Exactly, oh I'm already visual! You are? Oh there you are! Yeah, you see it? Yeah, that class we already have, we pick up two, and then the deck is unmanned after departure. Hi Christian, whenever you feel like it... Yep, I do! Alright, in that case, my condolences! I'll go to the problem page, there we go, I am pickled old! Somehow wind makes it so much more easy! Oh my god, I love these things! Me too! I'm performance wise at least! Ah, exactly! Very often people ask me, isn't it difficult in high winds? I hate these where there's like a mirror, that's the worst! Alrighty, there we are, 0.5, we are stabilised, yes sir, below 90, 40 in the finals please, start descent. 102 have below 90, and we get 3 greens, brakes on, 102, and DG, DG, and 235, check their lands, just need a 90. Copy that, GOLF16PB, so yeah, this must be the right one. Bravo, I think so, yeah. Famous words in aviation, this must be! I think, I assume, I've lost the deck. OK, I've got a visual, GOLF16B, identified. All right, check's complete. Thank you. Visible, but the guys, they are 12 o'clock on the ground. 25 on the ground. Thanks. Check height, check height. Passing 50. Thank you, still able to go away, I'll delay a little bit, and landing. Landing. 150 feet. I'll keep a little bit right on the deck, so they can move next to the helicopter. Thank you. Good. There we are. There we go, collective is down, cyclic is centers, and your controls. My controls, thank you. Whenever you are ready. Yes sir, I'm ready, my controls. Your controls. Put them before tables please. Alright, departure brief sir. Standard option departure into wind, standard right turn, and your controls. Alright, they've got the thumbs, the doors are closed, seatbelts packed, brief has been done, deck clearance we have, engine belt selectors to all, approach, approach, ANR, and the anti-call is on. Thank you. Cleared to land 55, lifting, G16B, do the G14A5, VW. Lifting. Lifting, G18P. Okey dokey, in the hover. In the hover, well again, 55 ish, so let's make that at ground 68. 68. There we go, taking off. 3, 2, 1, go! Power, power, power, power, set, PDP, meet us, I'll still climb. There we go, almost VY, you can cross. Fly control, thank you, NRA is back. Check, and 300, AFR, left is clear. I'm inside, right of the time. 200, 500. 1446, 4 minutes deck stop, not bad. At all. 86. Alpha, good afternoon, Bluebell 55, Alpha, deck clear please. Alpha, deck clear for you. Fairdeck, G14, thank you, Bluebell 55. The clearance we have. The clearance we have, thank you. Whatever sir, you're ready, you're ready. I am ready, yes sir. Your controls. Your controls. I am below 90, 14 in R, thank you. 1 and 2, finals. Please. 3 greens, brakes are on, 1 and 2. DG, DG, we're cleared to land on, did we get the clearance? Affirm, yes. We did get the clearance. Cleared to land on the Golf 14 Alpha, and a positive ID. 2 com, yes. 2 com. I have a bit of a deja vu, but it's definitely a different platform. GEC3, Amsterdam. Yeah, go for Alpha. Yeah, identified, Golf 14 Alpha. Golf 14 Alpha, check. Check is complete. Thank you. 25 on the ground, check. Check, lost the deck. OK, the guys are on the front. 15 knots, check. Delay, and landing. GEC3, roger that. Side and sight. Indeed, QNH 1007. Couple of birds high, no factor, check. GEC, below 10. Thank you. Do they have enough room to board ahead of them? Yeah, plenty. Okay, awesome. Check. Black is down. Slightly center your controls. 5, control. this was our last stop offshore thank you so much for following us along today really a pleasure to be able to show our work up front if you have any question or a comment please leave them in the comment section i tried to read them all and i really really would like to thank you for watching see you next time