NEW INTERACTIVE RADIOTELEPHONY GUIDE FOR GA PILOTS LAUNCHED

A new interactive guide to radio phraseology for General Aviation pilots has been launched today and is available on the CAA website at www.caa.co.uk/cap413supplement3

The guide provides easy to follow examples covering the most common radio calls that a GA pilot makes. In many cases these are also available as an audio clip that will allow pilots to hear the actual phraseology in use.

Areas covered in the guide include:

• Arriving at and departing from aerodromes;
• Cross country flying;
• Operating from unattended airfields;
• Instrument approaches; and
• Emergency messages.

The guide covers a range of phraseology used by Air Traffic Controllers, Flight Information Service Officers and Air/Ground Communication Service Operators. It follows a similar format to previous radio phraseology guides for commercial pilots and airside drivers.

Gill Galway of the CAA’s Safety Regulation Group has been involved in putting the document together. She said: “Many GA pilots, particularly when first learning to fly, find using the radio daunting. The new guide will allow them to study and hear the correct phraseology in their own time and at their own speed.”

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