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Helicopter Pilots: Their job involves not only flying and navigating but monitoring wind conditions and other weather phenomenon, as well calculating fuel requirements and weight restrictions. After flights, helicopter pilots must shut down all equipment and file post-flight paperwork.

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The Atlas Oryx (named after the Oryx antelope) is a medium-sized utility helicopter which is manufactured by the Atlas Aircraft Corporation (now Denel Aviation). The SAAF was the largest user of Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma. The Oryx can trace its origins back to the Bush War. Despite the efforts of the gunship Alouette, the need for a dedicated gunship was recognized. Atlas Aircraft Corporation produced an experimental attack helicopter, the Alpha XH-1. This helicopter was used for feasibility studies and could not serve any practical purpose - this led to the more powerful XTP-1 in April 1987. Two XTP-1s were converted, and based on a Puma J airframe. Various weapons and other systems were tested on XTP-1 and paved the way for Project: Denel Rooivalk. However, the dynamic flight components of the XTP-1 made Atlas realize what advantages an upgraded Puma could have.