Afraid of Radio's

[Timebuilder]

Hey, I had that "Chicago O'Hare" tape from Sporty's, too. I liked the little IFR chart that they included so you could visualize where they were.

Listening to the tower chatter on the web is a great idea if you don't have a scanner, but getting up to speed with congested class B communications could be a tall order for a private or instrument student.

Try to find a class D or C tower to listen to. You may be able to understand the slightly slower pace of those fields a little easier.

Say Again and the Comm 1 programs are also good ideas.

 

[CrewDawg]

-Citationlover-

Do you have any links to any of those TRACON websites?

 

[Mogus]

Listen to this while you surf the net. You'll catch on

 

[mudkow60]

Sometimes, when you can't understand or offer a reply back in the preferred pilot-speak manner most are used to, ask or offer a plain English reply. I am not suggesting that you should clobber a busy freq with chit-chatter, just ask for clarification if necessary, and give a plain-language reply.

 

[mattfish42]

What helped me the most was riding along in the backseat on other students' lessons. Once the pressure of having to talk and fly at the same time was removed it was easier to see how the whole conversation worked.

 

[Tahoe1]

Radios

The best thing to do is to record all of your flights on an MP3 or something so that after your flights you can listen to your tape and ask your instructor for clarification on anything you werent sure of. It helps a lot to do that, and also you should backseat as much as possible so that you can listen to ATC and not have to worry about flying. Hope this helps, goodluck.

 

[wickedpilot]

Re: Radios

The best thing to do is to record all of your flights on an MP3 or something so

I don't have problems on the radios but I'm interested in how you record transmissions to mp3?

 

[Tahoe1]

Radios

Mabey its not an MP3, it looks like one, I should probably find out before I write that next time though. The students plug it into the mic jacks and record all of their flights, works pertty well.

 

[wickedpilot]

Interesting. Find out for me if it's not too much trouble and get back to me.

I'm big into video and making flying films. I've always used an audio line from the rear intercom or empty seat and ran it direct to the video camera.

 

[Tahoe1]

Radios

I am almost 100% that they are MP3 players, they record them onto little discs and can record I believe up to four or five hours on them. As soon as I go back to work I will ask and get back to you on that.