Talking on the Radio: How to Make Your First Radio Call — Learn to Fly, Episode 4

A radio call, and the answer to it: by the end of this lesson you'll be able to make one yourself, and understand every word that comes back. In Episode 4 of Learn to Fly, your instructor Cindy takes a Cessna 172 from the apron at Wonderboom to the holding point, making every call on the way: asking to start, asking to taxi, crossing a runway and calling the tower. In this lesson: • Clearances, and the two frequencies: Ground and Tower, in the radio's two windows • The phonetic alphabet, and how a registration becomes a callsign • The four parts of a first call: who you're calling, who you are, where you are and what you want • Using the transmit button, and what to do when nobody answers or you hear "standby" • Numbers one digit at a time (tree, fife, niner), and frequencies with "decimal" • Readbacks: what we read back, and why "roger" isn't enough • What an ATIS is, the taxi clearance, holding points and crossing a runway • "Ready for departure", "line up and wait", "say again", "affirm" and "negative", and why never "over and out" • Three mistakes students often make This series shows you what happens and why. It doesn't replace flying with a qualified instructor; always use your aircraft's own handbook and checklist and current local rules. Chapters 00:00 A radio call, and the answer 00:36 Clearances and the control tower 01:01 Ground, Tower and the radio's two windows 01:32 The phonetic alphabet and our callsign 02:09 The four parts of a first call 02:37 The transmit button and how to speak 03:19 Our first call: asking to start 04:08 Numbers on the radio: tree, fife, niner 04:26 Short callsigns and the readback 04:58 Why not just say roger? 05:10 What an ATIS is 05:33 Engine start and the taxi call 06:13 Understanding the taxi clearance 06:55 Taxiing out, and the word cleared 07:26 Crossing runway 24 07:40 If in doubt, say again 07:54 The holding point: contact Tower 08:38 Ready for departure 09:04 Line up and wait 09:28 Affirm, negative, and never over and out 09:46 Three common mistakes 10:39 Recap 11:29 Next time Next episode: steering on the ground, the engine run-up, and lining up on the runway. #LearnToFly #Cessna172 #FlightTraining ImmersaHub · www.immersahub.co.za #xplane12 #flightsim #motionsimulator