VFR Communications

CHAPTER EIGHT

INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES WORKBOOK

Example A

TO ESTABLISH COMMUNICATIONS WHEN A LENGTHY MESSAGE OR

REQUEST IS TO FOLLOW:

PILOT: "MOBILE RADIO, NAVY 6E432."

CONTROLLER: "NAVY 6E432, MOBILE RADIO, GO AHEAD."

Example B

TO ESTABLISH COMMUNICATIONS WHEN THE TYPE OF MESSAGE TO

FOLLOW IS INCLUDED (A VFR POSITION REPORT TO FSS).

PILOT: "MOBILE RADIO, NAVY 6E432, POSITION REPORT."

Example C

TO ESTABLISH COMMUNICATIONS WHEN THE MESSAGE OR REQUEST IS

SHORT:

PILOT: "MOBILE RADIO, NAVY 6E432, REQUEST YOUR ALTIMETER SETTING."

NOTE

During subsequent contacts with the same controller, state your

message, position, or request in one transmission.

VFR Communications

Flight plan filing, destination changes, enroute weather, weather forecasts, and similar data

should be requested through Flight Service Stations or appropriate military facilities capable of

performing these services. On all VFR flights, pilots of UHF equipped aircraft should monitor

the standard Flight Service Station UHF frequency 255.4 MHz. When flying below 18,000 feet

MSL, a position report should be made to the nearest FSS every 200 NM or each hour,

whichever occurs first. Above 18,000 feet MSL, all flights must be on an IFR flight plan over

the continental U.S.

A VFR position report contains, in this order, the aircraft:

identification,

position,

time,

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