Say Again, Please : Guide to Radio Communications

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gardner, Bob.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electronics.

Radio--Equipment and supplies--Testing.

Radio measurements.

Radio.

Local Subjects:

Electronics.

Radio--Equipment and supplies--Testing.

Radio measurements.

Radio.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (343 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Aviation Supplies and Academics, Inc., 2014.

Summary:

This is the eBook (ePub format) edition of this title.Talking on an aviation radio and understanding air traffic control instructions can be one of the most intimidating aspects of flight training. Bob Gardner's ""Say Again, Please"" teaches readers what to say, what to expect to hear, and how to interpret and react to clearances and instructions, while detailing the airspace system and explaining how the ATC system works.This new Fifth Edition has been expanded and updated throughout to reflect current FAA rules and operating procedures. Chapters in the book cover communication etiquette and

Contents:

Introduction; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: 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?; Chapter 2: 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; Chapter 3: A Matter of Procedure; Why You Have Two Ears and One Mouth; What's In A Name?; First or Last?; 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; Chapter 4: 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; Chapter 5: 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 ServiceRequests and Clearances; Strange Field Entry; Departing a Strange Field in Class E Airspace; No Radio (NORDO); Special Visual Flight Rules; Beneath the Ceiling; Summary; Chapter 6: Class D Airspace; When is a Tower Not a Tower?; Tower Frequencies; Class G Tower?; "What's the ATIS?"; Ground Control; Clearance Delivery; Progressive Taxi; Departures; Hold Short; "Position and Hold/Line Up and Wait"; Wake Turbulence; Intersection Takeoffs; "Request Frequency Change"; Blocked Frequency; Special Visual Flight Rules (SVFR); Satellite Airports in Class D Airspace

Arriving at OlympiaStrange 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; Chapter 7: 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; Chapter 8: Class B Airspace; Clearance Required; Approach and Departure Control; Just Passing Through

VFR Corridors, Flyways, and Transition RoutesLanding at the Primary Airport; Departing an Airport in the Class B Surface Area; Departing From a Satellite Airport Beneath Class B Airspace; Summary; Chapter 9: Class A Airspace; It's for the Chosen Few; Chapter 10: Automated Flight Service Stations; Service is Their Middle Name; What Frequency Do I Use?; Making Contact; Special Use Airspace; Filing Flight Plans; Air-Filing Flight Plans; Position Reports; Close Your Flight Plan!; Can You Tell Me Where There is a Hole?; Flight Watch; Pilot Reports; Summary; Chapter 11: The IFR Communicator

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ISBN:

1-61954-090-8

OCLC:

892239201