LIBRARY 070 · SPOKEN CHAPTER 59 · 2:25
Check the wind. Decide. — Continue
Request current surface wind.
Your scenario
You are flying Evektor, registration N827EV. You are on final for runway 16L, indicated altitude 1600 feet. You are tuned to Paine Tower. You have ATIS information Echo.
Practice goals
- Request current surface wind.
- Make a landing or go-around decision without treating wind as clearance.
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 59. Here is the scenario: You're on final at Paine Field and want
- 0:05 current wind information. Practice asking Tower and communicating your landing
- 0:09 decision.
- 0:12 NARRATOR: Your starting details: You are flying Evektor, registration N827EV. You are
- 0:17 on final for runway 16L, indicated altitude 1600 feet. You are tuned to Paine Tower. You
- 0:23 have ATIS information Echo.
- 0:27 NARRATOR: Play the pilot. At each prompt, use the ten-second pause to respond aloud or
- 0:33 decide whether to transmit. Then compare with the example. This is simulated radio
- 0:38 practice.
- 0:40 NARRATOR: Scenario update: The scenario starts with you final for runway 16L.
- 0:45 Initial contact has already been established; there is no outstanding
- 0:48 clearance to enter or land on the runway.
- 0:53 NARRATOR: Your task: Request a wind check while continuing the approach.
- 1:07 PILOT: Wind check, Evektor 827EV
- 1:13 TOWER: Evektor 827EV, wind 160 at 4
- 1:26 PILOT: Wind copied, Evektor 827EV
- 1:31 NARRATOR: Scenario update: The runway is now clear and the simulated conditions permit
- 1:35 continuing the approach.
- 1:38 TOWER: Evektor 7EV, wind 160 at 4, runway 16L, cleared to land
- 1:53 PILOT: runway 16L, cleared to land, Evektor 7EV
- 1:59 NARRATOR: Scenario update: The simulated landing is complete. You are slowing on
- 2:04 runway 16L.
- 2:07 NARRATOR: Scenario update: You have exited the runway. This lesson ends clear of the
- 2:12 runway, before further taxi instructions.
- 2:15 NARRATOR: Chapter debrief: Landing complete only after an explicit landing clearance.
- 2:22 NARRATOR: If you enjoyed this video like and subscribe
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