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Seaplane, Skiplane, and Float/Ski Equipped Helicopter Operations Book

FAA-H-8083-23 Version 2004

Index

  • Keel 2-2

L

  • Landings
    • confined area 6-7
    • crosswind 6-3
    • downwind 6-5, 8-4
    • emergency 6-8, 7-8
    • frozen lakes and rivers 7-6
    • glaciers 7-6
    • glassy water 6-5
    • helicopter 9-4, 9-8
    • night landing 6-8, 7-8, 8-5, 8-6
    • normal 6-3
    • open sea 8-1
    • rough water 6-7, 8-1, 9-5
    • skiplane 7-6, 7-7
    • tundra 7-6
  • Launching 4-3
  • Lighting conditions 7-6
  • Limitations of sea rating 1-1

M

  • Marine aids for navigation 1-2
  • Mooring 6-8, 6-9, 9-6

N

  • Night operations 6-8, 8-5, 8-6
  • Noise 3-4, 4-12, 6-2
  • Normal takeoff 4-12

O

  • On the step 4-4, 6-2

P

  • Parking 7-7
  • Passenger briefing 4-3
  • Penetration ski 7-2
  • Plain ski 7-1
  • Planing position 4-4
  • Plow turn 4-6, 4-7
  • Plowing position 4-4
  • Pop-out floats 9-1
  • Porpoising 4-9, 5-3
  • Preflight inspection
    • seaplane 4-1
    • skiplane 7-3
    • float equipped helicopter 9-3
    • ski equipped helicopter 9-7
  • Privileges and Limitations 1-1

R

  • Ramping 6-8, 6-10
  • Regulations 1-1
  • Retractable ski 7-1
  • Right-of-way rules 1-2
  • Roll-on ski 7-1
  • Rough water 4-16, 6-7, 8-1, 9-5
  • Rules of the Sea 1-2
  • Runup 4-12
  • Runup (skiplane) 7-4

S

  • Sailing 4-8, 4-9
  • Seaplane defined 2-1
  • Seaplane landing areas
    • beacons 1-2
    • chart symbols 1-2
    • reconnaissance 6-1
    • restrictions 3-4
    • unplanned 5-2
  • Sister keelsons 2-2
  • Skeg 2-2, 2-4
  • Ski types 7-1
  • Skids-on-floats 9-1, 9-6
  • Skipping 4-10
  • Snow types 7-2
  • Sponson 2-1
  • Spray damage 4-1
  • Spray rail 2-2, 4-2
  • Starting
    • seaplane 4-3
    • skiplane 7-4
    • helicopter 9-3, 9-7
  • Step 2-3, 4-4
  • Step position 4-4
  • Step taxi 4-5, 6-3
  • Step turns 4-7
  • Survival equipment 7-3, 7-4, 7-8
  • Swell 3-2, 4-9, 6-2, 6-7, 8-1, 8-2, 8-3, 8-4, 8-5

T

  • Takeoffs
    • normal 4-12
    • crosswind 4-12
    • downwind 4-14
    • helicopter 9-4, 9-7
    • glassy water 4-15
    • rough water 4-16, 8-1
    • confined area 4-16
    • skiplane 7-5
  • Taxiing
    • seaplane 4-3
    • skiplane 7-5
    • float equipped helicopter 9-3
    • ski equipped helicopter 9-7
  • Tides 3-3
  • Tip floats 2-1
  • Transom 4-2
  • Turns 4-5, 4-6, 4-7
  • Types of ice 7-2
  • Types of snow 7-2

W

  • Warmup (skiplane) 7-4
  • Water current 3-2, 4-8, 4-9, 6-5
  • Water rudders 2-4, 4-2, 4-5, 4-12, 4-14,
  • Water, characteristics 3-1, 8-1
  • Watertight compartments 2-3, 4-2
  • Waves 3-1, 6-3,
  • Weathervaning 3-4, 4-5, 4-6, 4-13, 6-3
  • Weight and balance 4-1, 5-1
  • Wheel replacement ski 7-1
  • Wing floats 2-1

Y