NAVAIR 01-45HHD-1
Section IV,
FLIGHT
PROCEDURES
AND
CHAR-
ACfERlSTICS, consists
of
two
pans. Pact 1 contains
procedures for transition and familiarization, parade
and tactical formation, formation rendezvous, inflight
refueling,
and
flight
tCSt,
Part 2 provides aircraft
flight characteristics and recommended
pilot
tech-
niques.
Section V, EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, is divided
into four parts covering ground emergencies
(part
1),
takeoff emergencies (part
2),
inflight emergencies
(part
3)'
and
landing
emergencies
(part
4).
Section
VI
, ALL-WEATHER
OPERATION.
Parts 1
and 2 provide simulated and actual instrument pro-
cedures. Part 3 covers flight in icing conditions, rain,
snow. thunderstorms and turbulence, cold weather,
hot weather and desert.
Section
VII,
COMMUNICATIONS
PROCEDURES,
contains information on radio discipline and pro-
cedures, and hand signals.
SECTION
VIII,
WEAPON
SYSTEMS, contains de-
scriptions
of
, and normal operating procedures for,
the fire control system, guns, and other
weapon
systems.
Section
IX,
FLIGHT
CREW
COORDINATION,
is
not
app
licable
to
the
single-place
F-S.
Section X,
STANDARDIZATION
EVALUATION,
describes the standardization program and presents
re-
quirements for ground and inflight evaluation.
The
section al
so
provides grading. criteria, information
pertaining
to
records and reports, the evaluation ques-
tion bank, and evaluation forms.
Section XI. PERFORMANCE
DATA,
contains charts
and other data from
which
aircraft performance can
be
determined.
HOW
TO
GET
COPIES
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be sure
of
getting
your manuals
on
time, order
them before
you
need them. Early ordering
will
assure
that
enough
copies are printed to cover your require-
ments. Procurement
of
manuals may be effected in
accordance
with
NA
VSANDA
Publication 2002, Sec-
tion VIII, Part
C.
Additional
information
is
presented
on
page A
of
this manual.
NATOPS
POCKET
CHECK
LISTS
The
NA
TOPS
Pocket Check Lists provide essential
information
in
abbreviated form for operation
of
this
aircraft.
These
Check Lists may be obtained in the same
manner
as
the
NATOPS
Flight
Manual. Cbanges
to
them
are concurrent
with,
and dated the same
as,
the
NATOPS
Flight
Manuals.
Changed 15 July
1966
UP-DATING
THE
MANUAL
To
ensure that the manual contains the latest pro-
cedures and information, a review conference
will
be
held periodically
as
necessary.
YOUR
RESPONSIBILITY
NATOPS
Flight
Manuals are
kept
current
through
an
active manual change program.
If
you
find anything
you don't
like
about the manual,
if
you
have informa-
tion you'd
like
to pass
along
to
others, or
if
you
find
an error in the manual,
submit
a change recommenda-
tion
to
the
Model Manager.
FLIGHT
MANUAL
INTERIM
CHANGES
(FMIC)
Flight
Manual
Interim
Changes (FMIC'S)
are
changes
or
correCtions
to
the
NATOPS
Fligbt
Manuals, Pocket
Cbeck Lists,
and
Supplementary publications promul-
gated by
CNO
or
NA
VAIR. FMIC'S may
be
received
by the individual custodian
as
a printed page or pages,
or by
the
command as a
Naval
Message. After the
completion
of
the
action directed by a printed FMIC,
it
shall
be
retained
in
front
of
the
flyleaf
of
the manual
unless the FMIC contains authorization
to
discard the
page.
INTERIM
CHANGE
SUMMARY
The
Interim Change Summary in each manual
is
pro-
vided for the purpose
of
maintaining a complete record
of
all FMIC'S issued
to
the
manual. Eacb time tbe
manual is changed or revised, the Interim Change
Summary
will
be
up-dated to indicate disposition
andlor
incorporation
of
previously issued FMIC'S.
When
a regular change is received, the Interim Change
Summary should be checked to ascertain that all out-
standing FMIC's have been either incorporated or can-
celled.
Those
not
incorporated should
be
re-entered
and noted as applicable.
CHANGE
RECOMMENDATIONS
Recommended changes
to
this manual or other
NATOPS
publications may be submitted by anyone
in accordance
with
OPNAV
Instruction 3510.9 series.
Change recommendations
of
an
URGENT
(safety of
flight
etc
.)
nature
should
be submitted directly to tbe
NATOPS
Advisory
Group
member
in tbe Chain of
Command by
priority
message.
Routine change
recommendati')n~
are submitted to
tbe
Model
Manager
on
OPNA
V
Form
3500/22.
Address routine changes to:
VF
124
Miramar
NAS
California
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