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ATC Communications and Basic Phrases | Talking to Air Traffic Control

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Elevate Your Aviation English: 80 Short Recordings for ICAO 4-6

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AFFIRM

Don’t believe everything you saw on Top Gun! Pilots don’t say “affirmative” for ‘yes’ – the correct term is “AY-firm”.

APPROACH

A plane coming into land.

MAYDAY

This is one you never want to use. It’s the distress call for emergencies, such as a complete engine failure. It comes from the French ’m’ aidez’, meaning ‘help me.’ When in trouble, a pilot will say it three times.

MEL

Minimum Equipment List. This means a part of the aircraft has malfunctioned but is not of vital importance to the flight.

PAN-PAN

This is the next level of distress down from ‘Mayday’. Apply it situations which are severe but not life-threatening. Pan-pan originates from the French word ‘panne’, meaning a breakdown. Like ‘Mayday’ it is said three times at the start of a call.

ROGER

Contrary to popular belief, not all men who work in aviation are called Roger. This code-word confirms the pilot has received a message but not yet complied.

SQUAWK

To squawk is to set your transponder (the device for receiving a radio signal) so that your location can be identified on radar. Pilots may be asked to ‘squawk Mode – – Charlie’ or ‘squawk ident’, which are individual settings to allow air traffic control to locate a plane.

STANDBY

Meaning “please wait”, this is said when the air traffic controller or pilot is too busy to receive a message.

WILCO

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Common phrases used during pilot-flight controller communication

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Common phrases used during pilot-flight controller communication

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1. "Requesting permission to take off"
2. "Confirming flight level"
3. "Declaring an emergency"

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Write the definition of each aviation-related vocabulary words

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1. Airport

2. Flight

3. Layover

4. Takeoff

5. Landing

6. Boarding

7. Pilot

8. Altitude

9. Propeller

10. Runway

11. Streamlined

12. Taxi

13. Velocity

14. Visibility

15. Turbulence

16. Wing

17. Landing gear

18. Cockpit

19. Navigation