Radio Communications

RADIO INSTRUMENTS

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POINT (situation, or location at which the climbout procedure should be commenced):

"UPON COMPLETION OF TOUCH AND GO, (STOP AND

GO, LOW APPROACH, THE OPTION) ... "

"AT (THE EAST FIELD BOUNDARY, AT ONE POINT SIX

DME) ETC ..."

ALTITUDE (first altitude assigned or published):

"CLIMB TO ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED ... "

TURN (direction of the turn, or specify runway heading):

"TURN RIGHT ..."

"MAINTAIN RUNWAY ..."

HEADING (first heading assigned or heading required for course intercept, or runway

heading):

"HEADING ONE NINER ZERO."

304. RADIO COMMUNICATIONS

Students in the advanced training curricula generally need additional radio communication

experience more than they need additional instruction in radio communications. However, it is

necessary to establish a few specific radio communications procedures and to emphasize some

others.

Radio Equipment Usage: The student will manage all available communications equipment.

READBACK OF INITIAL ATC CLEARANCES

VT-86 students in 2F101 simulators and T-2C aircraft shall read back all initial ATC clearances

in their entirety, including all clearances for NPA STEREO Routes and DD 175 - filed flight

plans.

The following excerpt from FAA Order 7110.65, Air Traffic Control, paragraph 4-2-1

Clearance Items, contains instructions to controllers for issuing initial clearances, and is

provided to assist in anticipating the sequence of clearance items:

Issue the following clearance items, as appropriate, in the order listed below:

Aircraft identification.

Clearance limit.

Instrument departure procedure (DP).

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