Requesting Bravo clearance — Approved

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1. 0:00 NARRATOR: Chapter 101. Here is the scenario: You want to cross Class Bravo airspace.
2. 0:05 Practice requesting permission and handling the controller's response.
3. 0:10 NARRATOR: Your starting details: You are flying Evektor, registration N827EV. Your
4. 0:15 position is 35 miles south of Seattle Tacoma, indicated altitude 2500 feet. You
5. 0:21 are tuned to Seattle Approach. Your planned destination is Skagit Regional.
6. 0:28 NARRATOR: Play the pilot. At each prompt, use the ten-second pause to respond aloud or
7. 0:34 decide whether to transmit. Then compare with the example. This is simulated radio
8. 0:39 practice.
9. 0:42 NARRATOR: Your task: You are outside Class Bravo. Request a northbound transition.
10. 0:56 PILOT: Seattle Approach, Evektor 827EV, 35 miles south of Seattle Tacoma, at 2500,
11. 1:03 outside Class Bravo, request northbound transition
12. 1:08 APPROACH: Evektor 827EV, squawk 1352, ident
13. 1:23 PILOT: 1352, ident, Evektor 827EV
14. 1:28 APPROACH: Evektor 7EV, radar contact, 35 miles south of Seattle Tacoma, maintain VFR
15. 1:45 PILOT: maintain VFR, Evektor 7EV
16. 1:50 APPROACH: Evektor 7EV, cleared through the Class Bravo airspace, fly heading 360,
17. 1:56 maintain 2500
18. 2:07 PILOT: cleared through Class Bravo, heading 360, maintain 2500, Evektor 7EV
19. 2:16 NARRATOR: Scenario update: Time advances. You fly the assigned heading and altitude
20. 2:21 across the airspace.
21. 2:24 APPROACH: Evektor 7EV, leaving Class Bravo airspace, resume own navigation, maintain
22. 2:29 VFR
23. 2:40 PILOT: resume own navigation, maintain VFR, Evektor 7EV
24. 2:47 NARRATOR: Chapter debrief: Bravo transition complete; radar service continues.
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