LIBRARY 166 · ARLINGTON SCENARIO 11 · TEXT PRACTICE
Runway 29: missed downwind call
Report the current position after a blocked or missed call, rather than replaying a stale position.
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Your scenario
Training simulation only. Arlington, runway two niner, left traffic. The fictional wind is two niner zero at seven knots. You are SportStar Eight Two Seven Echo Victor, an Evektor SportStar Max. Small-propeller pattern altitude is one thousand two hundred feet MSL. Use self-announcements, and keep flying and looking for traffic ahead of radio work.
Practice goals
- Report the current position after a blocked or missed call, rather than replaying a stale position.
- Practice self-announcements with aircraft control ahead of speech.
- Aircraft actions, checklist verification, and cockpit scoring remain disabled.
Respond aloud during the 10- or 12-second response windows. Pause longer whenever needed. Private decisions have no time limit in text practice. Aircraft control comes before speech.
Read the scenario script Text lesson script
This script supports the text practice exercise. Responses appear after each practice prompt.
- Draft for instructor review. Fictional traffic and weather. Practice self-announcements, not controller readbacks. Aircraft controls, checklist verification, and cockpit scoring are disabled. Respond aloud during each silent window. Pause the video for more time. Aircraft control always comes before speech.
- Training simulation only. Arlington, runway two niner, left traffic. The fictional wind is two niner zero at seven knots. You are SportStar Eight Two Seven Echo Victor, an Evektor SportStar Max. Small-propeller pattern altitude is one thousand two hundred feet MSL. Use self-announcements, and keep flying and looking for traffic ahead of radio work.
- You completed a normal, visually clear left-pattern entry for runway two niner. The downwind call was blocked by overlapping transmissions. You continued flying, scanning, and listening. You are now safely established on left base, and the frequency is free. Your plan is full stop.
- Should you now repeat the downwind call you meant to make earlier?
- Pause the video now and decide. This is a private decision, not a radio transmission. Resume when ready.
- No. Report the actual current position, left base, and the full-stop intention. Do not transmit a stale downwind position.
- Make the correct current-position call.
- Arlington traffic, SportStar Eight Two Seven Echo Victor, left base runway two niner, full stop, Arlington.
- The runway and relevant approach path remain clear in the simulation. You are now established on final.
- Announce final.
- Arlington traffic, SportStar Eight Two Seven Echo Victor, final runway two niner, full stop, Arlington.
- You land and leave the landing runway at a suitable exit. The entire airplane is beyond the applicable runway holding-position markings and is clear of the landing runway. You remain clear of any other runway; no taxi route is implied.
- Now announce that you are clear of the landing runway.
- Arlington traffic, SportStar Eight Two Seven Echo Victor, clear of runway two niner, Arlington.
- End of this scenario. A clear-of-runway announcement describes an observed position. It is never a clearance for another aircraft or a substitute for a visual check.
- A missed routine call does not justify inventing a position, rushing a transmission, or maneuvering unexpectedly. Correct the traffic picture with an accurate current report.
- End of this draft practice. Review current sources and applicable aircraft documents with a qualified instructor before operational use.
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