Radar Contact

Radar Contact #28 for 29 May 2013: Terminology Affects Phraseology Aloha! I’m back from vacation and ready to talk radio procedures with you again. This time, we are going to address some questions about radio work raised by the pilots who edited my newest book. They had questions. I had answers. You’ll get to hear […]

Enroute center postage stamp box. Lately, we’ve been covering more advanced topics in radio work with ATC. In this show we are back to aircraft radio basics. Why? Recent experience tells me some pilots don’t have the fundamentals nailed down. It’s time to haul out the hammer and smack some basic nails into the base […]

If you grew up in the 1970’s or 1980’s “Far out” means something to you. Far out also means something to you if you plan to work with air traffic control. In this show, I’ve got a rule-of-thumb that determines how far out from the edge of controlled airspace you should try and make contact […]

ATC won’t separate VFR aircraft flying in Class C airspace? Is that really true? Good luck, Skippy. You’re on your own. I hope you don’t hit another aircraft. . . I’ve got to be kidding you, right? I’m not kidding. Radar controllers do not provide VFR aircraft with separation from other aircraft operating in Class […]

Here’s a free gift from ATC! VFR traffic advisories: all of the goodness with none of the fat of regular air traffic control. Look for it, by name, at your nearest air traffic control center. In this show you and I will talk all about VFR traffic advisories–what to expect and how to respond […]

In this show, were going to talk about how and why standards are so important. We’ll throw in a couple of simulated radio conversations, and some lessons learned. I’ll talk a bit about a book review in AOPA’s Flight Training Magazine, and then you’ll hear an unbelievable ATC clearance I got from the approach controller […]