WEBVTT 00:08.600 --> 00:11.109 So what you just saw was uh our five 00:11.119 --> 00:13.670 LZS OS uh landing zone safety officers 00:13.680 --> 00:15.791 doing some landing zone training that 00:15.791 --> 00:18.459 includes um a lot of background work at 00:18.469 --> 00:20.580 first . So it includes setting up the 00:20.580 --> 00:22.636 landing zone . In this case , we use 00:22.636 --> 00:24.802 the runway that we normally use um for 00:24.802 --> 00:26.913 air traffic operations . When we were 00:26.913 --> 00:29.025 setting up today , we were using what 00:29.025 --> 00:31.080 are called K vamps . It's the panels 00:31.080 --> 00:33.136 that let us know which direction the 00:33.136 --> 00:32.950 runway is open and which direction the 00:32.959 --> 00:35.126 runway is closed . So the aircraft can 00:35.126 --> 00:37.070 see that uh before they get to the 00:37.070 --> 00:39.126 touchdown area . There are different 00:39.126 --> 00:41.237 types of setups for that . Today , we 00:41.237 --> 00:43.459 set a box and box which is a 500 ft box 00:43.459 --> 00:45.570 at both ends of the LZ so that the LZ 00:45.570 --> 00:47.737 could be operated in both directions . 00:49.659 --> 00:51.970 So when the aircraft is coming in for 00:51.979 --> 00:54.035 the multiple approaches that we just 00:54.035 --> 00:56.201 saw it . They're talking to one of the 00:56.201 --> 00:58.368 landing young safety officers uh which 00:58.368 --> 01:00.312 would be uh one of our air traffic 01:00.312 --> 01:02.423 controllers and we did have a Ros guy 01:02.423 --> 01:04.757 as well . If you have a usable pavement , 01:04.757 --> 01:06.923 you go assess it . And if it's great , 01:06.923 --> 01:09.090 then you're able to use it usually for 01:09.090 --> 01:11.201 C 130 or C seventeens and you can set 01:11.201 --> 01:13.312 up , uh , like a whole airfield right 01:13.312 --> 01:15.368 there , um , and bring in supplies , 01:15.368 --> 01:17.479 bring in troops , whatever you need . 01:17.479 --> 01:19.701 Normally we're working from the tower . 01:19.701 --> 01:22.526 But , um , when we don't have those , 01:22.536 --> 01:24.875 um , materials , then we have to use 01:24.886 --> 01:26.942 what we have , which is what you saw 01:26.942 --> 01:28.997 was , uh , standing on the back of a 01:28.997 --> 01:31.136 truck with radios in our hand and um 01:31.146 --> 01:33.875 using like the mini tools that we do 01:33.886 --> 01:36.321 have in order to be able to like just 01:36.332 --> 01:38.499 do those operations without everything 01:38.499 --> 01:40.722 that we're used to . The LZ is 01:40.732 --> 01:42.899 definitely important . It gives us the 01:42.899 --> 01:44.621 practice of doing it . Uh I've 01:44.621 --> 01:44.611 personally done it in the wilderness of 01:44.622 --> 01:47.071 Alaska on a dirt strip or um even on 01:47.082 --> 01:49.391 the snow . So it is something that we 01:49.402 --> 01:52.321 can practice for . And if we get great 01:52.332 --> 01:54.554 conditions like today , it gives a more 01:54.554 --> 01:56.610 stable environment for the pilots to 01:56.610 --> 01:58.776 get their proficiency as well . It was 01:58.776 --> 02:00.888 absolutely beneficial . I'm so glad I 02:00.888 --> 02:02.888 had the opportunity . Um It was not 02:02.888 --> 02:05.054 only good for us , but it was good for 02:05.054 --> 02:07.054 the pilot too . There was a student 02:07.054 --> 02:09.276 pilot on board and she was able to make 02:09.276 --> 02:11.054 17 approaches that she normally 02:11.054 --> 02:13.165 wouldn't be able to do . Um , we were 02:13.165 --> 02:15.276 able to maintain our proficiency with 02:15.276 --> 02:17.110 this because we do have a yearly 02:17.110 --> 02:19.332 qualification . And yeah , we , we just 02:19.332 --> 02:21.499 got out there . We did our jobs and it 02:21.499 --> 02:22.149 was a lot of fun .