To learn to fly a military helicopter is to take a master class in multitasking.You need both hands and both feet to control the aircraft while keeping a close eye on the horizon and your altitude. If it's nighttime and you're flying low, you may be scanning the ground for familiar landmarks using night-vision goggles while also checking GPS instruments.바카라 게임 웹사이트�You have six to seven radios to mess with,바카라 게임 웹사이트� said retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Darin Gaub, who flew Black Hawk helicopters for 22 years. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�You're using everything. And by the way, you바카라 게임 웹사이트�re also supposed to fly the aircraft, which is why most military aircraft are crewed by a minimum of two pilots.바카라 게임 웹사이트�The training for U.S. military helicopter pilots is getting heightened attention in the wake of Wednesday night's fatal midair collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and a passenger jet in the skies above Washington.The accident follows a dozen fatal crashes during Army Black Hawk training missions since January 2014 that have claimed the lives of 47 service members.But former military helicopter pilots and experts stood by the nation's rigorous military training Thursday, insisting that it's the world's best.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Once you get it down and get proficient at it, it바카라 게임 웹사이트�s amazing what you can do in it,바카라 게임 웹사이트� said Mark Miller, an associate professor at the College of Aviation at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University on its Honolulu campus, and a former Marine helicopter pilot. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�But it바카라 게임 웹사이트�s all about training where you really become one with the helicopter.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Video below: Aviation expert discusses airspace challenges, what NTSB will look for in crash investigationIntense training in the classroom and skyThe education includes intense classroom training about aerodynamics, aircraft systems and the many things that can go wrong, Miller said.바카라 게임 웹사이트�There are real idiosyncrasies on just landing the helicopter," he said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�You can actually flip over a helicopter really easily if you don바카라 게임 웹사이트�t know what you바카라 게임 웹사이트�re doing. But you become very well-versed in that stuff. And then you learn as you go. And you can actually see these things happen and know what to do.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Pilots are trained to fly visually by looking out of the windows and to fly using their instruments in bad weather and at night. The instruments can include an attitude indicator that informs the pilot of the helicopter's orientation in relation to the horizon as well GPS instruments and night vision goggles.바카라 게임 웹사이트�You get that instrument scan down right away, sometimes painfully so,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Miller said of the training. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�It바카라 게임 웹사이트�s not that easy. And then you get it to the point where you're proficient at it. And at night, you use those instruments all the time.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Video below: These are the victims of the Washington, D.C. plane crashChallenges remain, Miller said. Artificial light on the ground potentially can be blinding when viewed through night vision goggles. Bodies of water can present visual illusions, depending on the lighting and other factors.Nickolas Macchiarella, an aeronautical science professor at Embry-Riddle in Daytona, Florida, said helicopter pilots at night also rely on 바카라 게임 웹사이트�pilotage,바카라 게임 웹사이트� which is using identifiable locations on the ground, such as the side of a building or a piece of shoreline jutting into a river.This is particularly important when flying low and near restricted airspace, Macchiarella said. GPS can tell you where you are, but pilotage can tell you where you바카라 게임 웹사이트�ll be in five seconds.바카라 게임 웹사이트�If the helicopter is 100 feet above the ground and traveling at 120 knots, the pilot has to project forward in time where they바카라 게임 웹사이트�ll be in like 10 seconds,바카라 게임 웹사이트� he said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�A few seconds can make the difference in being in the proper airspace and being wrong.바카라 게임 웹사이트� Challenges of flying near Ronald Reagan National AirportPilots operating around Reagan National Airport face unique challenges and must have a 바카라 게임 웹사이트�heightened level of awareness바카라 게임 웹사이트� when navigating the area, said Clint Balog, an associate professor at Embry-Riddle.The Washington-area airport, known to pilots by its abbreviation DCA, is relatively small and doused in light pollution from the surrounding metropolitan area, said Balog, who has flown dozens of corporate flights in and out of the airport.바카라 게임 웹사이트�In DCA, whenever I바카라 게임 웹사이트�ve flown in there, I found that the light pollution there is among the worst I바카라 게임 웹사이트�ve flown into," he said. It바카라 게임 웹사이트�s always pretty bad, especially early at night.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Balog said pilots have to be precise, especially when landing, because that light can distort the surroundings. He said other cities also have light pollution but the compactness of Reagan Airport intensifies the potential confusion.바카라 게임 웹사이트�All the lighting starts to look the same,바카라 게임 웹사이트� he said.Gaub, the retired Black Hawk pilot, said there have been thousands of military helicopter flights over many years in that particularly dense airspace.바카라 게임 웹사이트�And this is one that didn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t go right out of all those thousands,바카라 게임 웹사이트� he said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�So it바카라 게임 웹사이트�s a testimony to the great procedures that are there, to the pilots that train there and how they operate on a daily basis. It바카라 게임 웹사이트�s basically a highly choreographed dance with very little room for maneuver.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Army concerns over helicopter crashesArmy leaders sounded the alarm over a rash of helicopter crashes last year, and in April they ordered extra measures including added training.In a briefing with Pentagon reporters after the crash on Thursday, Army aviation chief of staff Jonathan Koziol said there was 바카라 게임 웹사이트�a spike in incidents바카라 게임 웹사이트� last year that prompted the Army to do a safety stand-down, in which units pause flight operations to evaluate safety procedures 바카라 게임 웹사이트�to not allow these types of incidents to happen,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Koziol said.At the time of the stand-down, there were about a dozen Army helicopter accidents that caused 14 deaths in a six-month period, about twice the rate of the previous 10 years, according to Army officials. The Black Hawk helicopter involved in Wednesday바카라 게임 웹사이트�s crash is one of many helicopter types used by the military.Maj. Gen. Walter Rugen, director of Army aviation, told reporters last year that 바카라 게임 웹사이트�spatial disorientation바카라 게임 웹사이트� was a trend in the spike in accidents. Rugen said training must reinforce that pilots know 바카라 게임 웹사이트�where you are and where your aircraft is with respect to the ground.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Twelve crashes of the Army Black Hawk helicopter since 2014 have killed 47 service members, according to data provided by the military.One of the crashes was a nighttime midair collision of two Black Hawk helicopters near Fort Campbell, Kentucky, in 2023 that killed nine service members. The pilots were wearing night vision goggles during the training exercise, army officials said.The most recent crash was on Nov. 10, 2023, when five Army soldiers were killed during aerial refueling training in the Mediterranean Sea.