LIBRARY 109 · SPOKEN CHAPTER 102 · 3:24
Requesting Bravo clearance — Delayed
Request explicit Bravo clearance.
Your scenario
You are flying Evektor, registration N827EV. Your position is 35 miles south of Seattle Tacoma, indicated altitude 2500 feet. You are tuned to Seattle Approach. Your planned destination is Jefferson County.
Practice goals
- Request explicit Bravo clearance.
- Remain outside when delayed or denied.
- Acknowledge route and altitude before entry.
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 102. Here is the scenario: You want to cross Class Bravo airspace.
- 0:06 Practice requesting permission and handling the controller's response.
- 0:12 NARRATOR: Your starting details: You are flying Evektor, registration N827EV. Your
- 0:18 position is 35 miles south of Seattle Tacoma, indicated altitude 2500 feet. You
- 0:24 are tuned to Seattle Approach. Your planned destination is Jefferson County.
- 0:32 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.
- 0:45 NARRATOR: Your task: You are outside Class Bravo. Request a northbound transition.
- 0:59 PILOT: Seattle Approach, Evektor 827EV, 35 miles south of Seattle Tacoma, at 2500,
- 1:06 outside Class Bravo, request northbound transition
- 1:11 APPROACH: Evektor 827EV, remain outside Class Bravo, expect a delay
- 1:25 PILOT: remaining outside Class Bravo, Evektor 827EV
- 1:30 NARRATOR: Scenario update: Several minutes pass on a safe route outside the Bravo
- 1:35 boundary. A callsign acknowledgement alone is not a Bravo clearance.
- 1:40 APPROACH: Evektor 7EV, squawk 2643 and ident
- 1:54 PILOT: 2643, ident, Evektor 7EV
- 1:59 APPROACH: Evektor 7EV, radar contact, 35 miles south of Seattle Tacoma, maintain VFR
- 2:15 PILOT: maintain VFR, Evektor 7EV
- 2:20 APPROACH: Evektor 7EV, cleared through the Class Bravo airspace, fly heading 360,
- 2:25 maintain 2500
- 2:36 PILOT: cleared through Class Bravo, heading 360, maintain 2500, Evektor 7EV
- 2:45 NARRATOR: Scenario update: Time advances. You fly the assigned heading and altitude
- 2:49 across the airspace.
- 2:52 APPROACH: Evektor 7EV, leaving Class Bravo airspace, resume own navigation, maintain
- 2:57 VFR
- 3:08 PILOT: resume own navigation, maintain VFR, Evektor 7EV
- 3:15 NARRATOR: Chapter debrief: Bravo transition complete; radar service continues.
- 3:21 NARRATOR: If you enjoyed this video like and subscribe
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