Common Terms -Cont. - P-330

T-34C CONTACT

APPENDIX B

INOPERATIVE

Used to describe a piece of equipment which has

ceased to function properly; e.g., an inoperative

TACAN.

INTERCEPT

To meet or cross.

EXAMPLE: "[Call sign], _____ DEPARTURE,

intercept the Crestview 230 radial and proceed

inbound."

LAST ASSIGNED

Last clearance assigned by ATC and acknowledged

by the pilot.

LEAVING

To depart an altitude/flight level at which you were

level.

EXAMPLE: "_____ APPROACH, [Call sign],

leaving one zero thousand for six thousand."

MAINTAIN

Concerning altitude/flight level, the term means to

remain at the altitude/flight level specified. The

phrase "climb and" or "descend and" normally

precedes "maintain" and the altitude assignment.

NOTE: Concerning other ATC

EXAMPLE: "[Call sign], _____ APPROACH,

instructions, the term is used in

descend and maintain two thousand two hundred."

its literal sense.

EXAMPLE: "Maintain VFR."

NEGATIVE CONTACT

Previous issued traffic is not in sight.

EXAMPLE: "[Call sign], _____ APPROACH, you

have T-47 traffic at your 12 o'clock at one mile, one

six thousand." "[Call sign], negative contact."

MILITARY OPERATIONS

Airspace assignment of defined vertical and lateral

AREA/MOA

dimensions to separate certain military training

activities from IFR traffic.

MISSED APPROACH

A maneuver conducted by the pilot when an

approach cannot be completed to a landing.

NEGATIVE

"No" or "Permission not granted" or "That is not

correct."

NEGATIVE CONTACT

Previous issued traffic is not insight.

EXAMPLE: "[Call sign], _____ APPROACH, you

have T-47 traffic at your 12 o'clock at one mile, one

six thousand."

"[Call sign], negative contact."

COMMUNICATIONS

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