LIBRARY 032 · SPOKEN CHAPTER 14 · 2:28
From Tower to Ground — Contact Ground when clear
Distinguish a conditional Ground handoff from a requested Tower report.
Your scenario
You are flying Evektor, registration N827EV. You are on runway 34R after landing, not yet clear. You are tuned to Paine Tower. You have ATIS information Delta.
Practice goals
- Distinguish a conditional Ground handoff from a requested Tower report.
- Remain with Tower until instructed to change frequency.
- Obtain taxi instructions after clearing the runway.
Respond aloud during each ten-second practice window, then compare with the example. Replay any exchange you want to practice.
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- 0:00 NARRATOR: Chapter 14. Here is the scenario: You've landed at Paine Field. Practice
- 0:04 following Tower's exit instructions, switching to Ground when authorized, and
- 0:07 requesting taxi to parking.
- 0:11 NARRATOR: Your starting details: You are flying Evektor, registration N827EV. You are
- 0:15 on runway 34R after landing, not yet clear. You are tuned to Paine Tower. You have ATIS
- 0:22 information Delta.
- 0:25 NARRATOR: Play the pilot. At each prompt, use the ten-second pause to respond aloud or
- 0:30 decide whether to transmit. Then compare with the example. This is simulated radio
- 0:35 practice.
- 0:38 TOWER: Evektor 827EV, turn right at Foxtrot Three when able, contact ground 121.8 when
- 0:44 off the runway
- 0:55 PILOT: right at Foxtrot Three when able, ground 121.8 when off the runway, Evektor
- 1:01 827EV
- 1:03 NARRATOR: Scenario update: Time advances. Your entire airplane is beyond the runway
- 1:09 holding-position marking at Foxtrot Three. You stop clear; no taxi route to parking has
- 1:15 been issued.
- 1:18 NARRATOR: Scenario update: Tower has authorized the frequency change, and you are
- 1:22 clear of the runway. Switch to Paine Ground on 121.8.
- 1:27 NARRATOR: Your task: Make your initial call to Ground with your full identification,
- 1:31 position, and request for taxi to the east ramp.
- 1:43 PILOT: Paine Ground, Evektor 827EV, clear of runway 34R at Foxtrot Three, request taxi to
- 1:50 the east ramp
- 1:53 GROUND: Evektor 827EV, east ramp, taxi via Foxtrot
- 2:07 PILOT: taxi to the east ramp via Foxtrot, Evektor 827EV
- 2:13 NARRATOR: Chapter debrief: Handoff and taxi to parking complete. A clear-of-runway
- 2:17 position report to Ground is appropriate after an authorized handoff; a requested
- 2:21 Tower report is made to Tower first.
- 2:25 NARRATOR: If you enjoyed this video like and subscribe
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