LIBRARY 048 · SPOKEN CHAPTER 32 · 2:55
Requesting more wake spacing
Request additional wake spacing.
Your scenario
You are flying Evektor, registration N827EV. You are holding short of runway 34R. You are tuned to Paine Tower. Your intended VFR departure is to the north. You have ATIS information Alpha.
Practice goals
- Request additional wake spacing.
- Remain clear until a later explicit clearance.
- Do not infer a universal separation timer.
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 32. Here is the scenario: You're ready for departure at Paine Field,
- 0:06 but want more spacing behind another aircraft. Practice requesting extra time.
- 0:13 NARRATOR: Your starting details: You are flying Evektor, registration N827EV. You are
- 0:18 holding short of runway 34R. You are tuned to Paine Tower. Your intended VFR departure
- 0:25 is to the north. You have ATIS information Alpha.
- 0:31 NARRATOR: Play the pilot. At each prompt, use the ten-second pause to respond aloud or
- 0:37 decide whether to transmit. Then compare with the example. This is simulated radio
- 0:42 practice.
- 0:44 NARRATOR: Scenario update: The scenario starts with you hold short for runway 34R.
- 0:49 Initial contact has already been established; there is no outstanding
- 0:53 clearance to enter or land on the runway.
- 0:58 TOWER: Evektor 827EV, caution wake turbulence, heavy Boeing seven eighty seven
- 1:03 departing runway 34L
- 1:06 NARRATOR: Your task: You want additional wake spacing before departure. Ask tower.
- 1:21 PILOT: Evektor 827EV, we would like more time for the heavy wake
- 1:28 TOWER: Evektor 7EV, hold short runway 34R, let me know when you are ready
- 1:43 PILOT: Hold short runway 34R, will advise ready, Evektor 7EV
- 1:49 NARRATOR: Scenario update: Time advances by a scenario-dependent interval. Required
- 1:53 controller separation and the pilot's additional wake concerns are satisfied; this
- 1:58 exercise does not teach a universal waiting time.
- 2:03 NARRATOR: Your task: Report ready while remaining behind the hold line.
- 2:17 PILOT: Paine Tower, Evektor 827EV, ready for departure, holding short runway 34R
- 2:25 TOWER: Evektor 7EV, runway 34R, cleared for takeoff
- 2:39 PILOT: runway 34R, cleared for takeoff, Evektor 7EV
- 2:45 NARRATOR: Chapter debrief: Departure occurs only after readiness and explicit takeoff
- 2:49 clearance.
- 2:52 NARRATOR: If you enjoyed this video like and subscribe
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