Say Again, Please

by Gardner, Bob

• ISBN13: 9781560272243
• ISBN10: 1560272244
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-08-01
• Publisher: Aviation Supplies & Academics

Summary

Bob Gardner's conversational-yet-concise writing style in his approach to aviation communications will help increase your comfort level when using an aircraft radio. His book features "talk" examples of typical radio transmissions that explain how the air traffic control system works, as well as present simulated flights that clearly demonstrate correct communication procedures in each class of airspace. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Acknowledgements

The ABCs of Communicating

The Pilot-Controller Partnership For Safety

Doing Things by the Book

Can't We All Just Get Along?

Mike Fright

Technobabble Not Spoken Here

Licensing

Hello, Operator?

Understanding Your Equipment

Look At All Those Knobs and Buttons!

Transceivers

GPS/Communication Devices

Squelch

Mikes

Speakers

Headphones

Boom Microphones

Intercoms

Audio Panels

Transponders

Handhelds

A Matter of Procedure

Why You Have Two Ears and One Mouth

What's In A Name?

Say It All in One Breath

"Roger, Wilco, Over and Out"

Other Readbacks

Be Brief...But Clear

"Say Again?"

Similar Callsigns

Type Confusion

Communicating an Emergency

Simplex vs. Duplex

I Love A Mystery

Hooked On Phonics

Class G Airspace

There's Not Much Of It

UNICOM and MULTICOM

Let's Go Bore Some Holes in the Sky

You Want Fries With That?

The Tower of Babble

When is a Tower Not a Tower?

Summary

Class E Airspace

It's Your Typical Flight Environment

Departing Harvey Field

Over the Top of Paine Field

Extensions

Making Position Reports

Radar Flight Following

Handoffs

Terminating Radar Service

Requests and Clearances

Strange Field Entry

Departing a Strange Field in Class E Airspace

No Radio (NORDO)

Special Visual Flight Rules

Beneath the Ceiling

Summary

Class D Airspace

When is a Tower Not a Tower?

Tower Frequencies

Class G Tower?

"What's the ATIS?"

Ground Control

Progressive Taxi

Departures

Hold Short

"Taxi into Position and Hold"

Wake Turbulence

Intersection Takeoffs

"Request Frequency Change"

Blocked Frequency

Special Visual Flight Rules (SVFR)

Satellite Airports in Class D Airspace

Arriving At Olympia

Strange Airport Arrival

In the Pattern and on Final Approach

Adjusting the Pattern

Night Operations

Landing Alternatives

Land and Hold Short (LAHSO)

NORDO

Departing a Satellite Airport

Just Passing Through

When Your Eyes Deceive You

UNICOM at Tower-Controlled Airports

Summary

Class C Airspace

Radar Required

When Class C is Not Class C

Transponder Use

Arrival

Departure

SVFR

Satellite Airports

"Piper 70497, Stand By"

TRSAs

Summary

Class B Airspace

Clearance Required

Approach and Departure Control

Just Passing Through

Landing at the Primary Airport

Departing an Airport in the Class B Surface Area

Departing From a Satellite Airport Beneath Class B Airspace

Summary

Class A Airspace

It's for the Chosen Few

Automated Flight Service Stations

Service is Their Middle Name

Making Contact

Special Use Airspace

Filing Flight Plans

Air-Filing Flight Plans

Position Reports

Close Your Flight Plan!

Direction Finding Service

Can You Tell Me Where There is a Hole?

Flight Watch

Pilot Reports

Summary

The IFR Communicator

What's the Difference?

Filing Your Flight Plan

OTP

Write It Down

Ready to Copy

"Cleared for Takeoff"

"Request a Vector To..."

On the Way

Sectorization

Another Handy Trick

Holding

Expect the Unexpected

Changing Altitude

Pilot's Discretion

"Say Heading"

Using Your GPS

Cruse Clearances

Approach Clearances

Radar Approaches

Visual, Contact, and Circling Approaches

Missed Approaches

Practice Approaches

Lost Communications

"Minimum Fuel"

Good Operating Practices

Summary

Now That You Know the System...

Teamwork

When All Else Fails

In Conclusion...

Communications Facilities

Airspace Definitions

Clearance Shorthand

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