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LIBRARY 127 · SPOKEN CHAPTER 121 · 3:34

A busy frequency

Listen without answering another aircraft's clearance.

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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 India.

Practice goals

Respond aloud during each ten-second practice window, then compare with the example. Replay any exchange you want to practice.

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  1. 0:00 NARRATOR: Chapter 121. Here is the scenario: You're waiting to speak to a busy Tower.
  2. 0:05 Practice following the conversation and deciding when a response is yours.
  3. 0:12 NARRATOR: Your starting details: You are flying Evektor, registration N827EV. You are
  4. 0:17 holding short of runway 34R. You are tuned to Paine Tower. Your intended VFR departure
  5. 0:24 is to the north. You have ATIS information India.
  6. 0:30 NARRATOR: Play the pilot. At each prompt, use the ten-second pause to respond aloud or
  7. 0:35 decide whether to transmit. Then compare with the example. This is simulated radio
  8. 0:40 practice.
  9. 0:43 NARRATOR: Scenario update: The scenario starts with you hold short for runway 34R.
  10. 0:48 Initial contact has already been established; there is no outstanding
  11. 0:51 clearance to enter or land on the runway.
  12. 0:56 NARRATOR: Your task: You are holding short and ready. Call tower when the frequency is
  13. 1:01 clear.
  14. 1:11 PILOT: Paine Tower, Evektor 827EV, holding short runway 34R, ready for departure
  15. 1:18 TOWER: Evektor 827EV, standby
  16. 1:31 NARRATOR: Explanation: Standby is not a runway-entry clearance. Keep holding and
  17. 1:36 listen.
  18. 1:38 TOWER: Cessna 927EV, extend downwind, I will call your base
  19. 1:52 OTHER PILOT: extend downwind, you will call my base, Cessna 927EV
  20. 2:01 NARRATOR: Explanation: That instruction and readback belong to the other aircraft. Make
  21. 2:05 no ownship transmission.
  22. 2:09 NARRATOR: Scenario update: Time advances. Tower now calls the other aircraft's base.
  23. 2:16 TOWER: Cessna 927EV, turn base now, runway 34R, cleared to land
  24. 2:34 OTHER PILOT: turn base, runway 34R, cleared to land, Cessna 927EV
  25. 2:42 NARRATOR: Explanation: That instruction and readback belong to the other aircraft. Make
  26. 2:47 no ownship transmission.
  27. 2:50 NARRATOR: Scenario update: Time advances. The other aircraft lands and is clear; tower
  28. 2:55 now addresses you.
  29. 2:59 TOWER: Evektor 827EV, wind 340 at 8, runway 34R, cleared for takeoff
  30. 3:16 PILOT: cleared for takeoff runway 34R, Evektor 827EV
  31. 3:22 NARRATOR: Chapter debrief: Other-aircraft calls correctly ignored; departure followed
  32. 3:27 an ownship clearance only.
  33. 3:31 NARRATOR: If you enjoyed this video like and subscribe

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