This helps ensure they are already comfortable in the helicopter before adding on the additional challenges of low light and night vision goggles, Anderson said. “We don’t want to rush them in ...
"The pilot was not using a night vision device and the portable Helicopter Landing Site lighting system had not been deployed,” it said. The helicopter was also above the maximum take-off weight ...
He said being lasered can be “extremely disorienting” for everyone inside the helicopter, especially when wearing night vision goggles. Deliberately impacting flights can put you on the ...
Nine US troops died after two US Army helicopters crashed during a training ... while all nine troops were wearing night-vision goggles, said a top US general. It is unclear what caused the ...