Making initial contact

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Practical Problems

Making initial contact:

EXAMPLE:

PILOT: “Memphis Center, Navy one Alpha one four three, checking in passing one zero thousand

for flight level three seven zero.”

CENTER: “Navy one Alpha one four three: Roger, squawk two one zero zero and ident.”

CENTER: “Navy one Alpha one four three: radar contact.”

Passing to another center:

EXAMPLE:

MEMPHIS CENTER: “Navy one Alpha one four three: contact Atlanta Center on three three five

point six.”

PILOT: “Navy one Alpha one four three, Roger, Atlanta Center, three three five point six.”

NOTE: When flying over one of the preplanned fixes, note the actual time of arrival (ATA) and the

actual fuel remaining (AFR) and log both these items to aid you in determining the status of the

flight and the rate of fuel consumption. If one of or both these figures are different from their

estimated values (ETA, EFR), consider the causes and decide if you should choose a new

destination.

ATLANTA CENTER: “Navy one Alpha one four three: radar coverage lost, commence IFR

position reporting.”

PILOT: “Atlanta Center: Navy one Alpha one four three, Montgomery one six. Flight level three

seven zero. Seminole three three, Taylor.”

ATLANTA CENTER: “Navy one Alpha one four three: Atlanta Center, Roger.”

Shortly after you give your Montgomery report, Atlanta Center advises you that you are in radar contact.

The TACAN bearing pointer and TACAN data block information are blank. You make an attempt to

troubleshoot but without success.

EXAMPLE:

PILOT: “Atlanta Center: Navy one Alpha one four three has a TACAN failure. Request radar

vectors to Seminole.”

ATLANTA CENTER: “Navy one Alpha one four three: say heading.”

PILOT: “Navy one Alpha one four three, heading one three one.”

ATLANTA CENTER: “Navy one Alpha one four three: turn right heading one three five vectors

Seminole.”

PILOT: “Navy one Alpha one four three, right one three five vectors Seminole.”

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