OB178: Radar Contracts
Opposing Bases: Air Traffic Talk
Air Traffic Talk
4.8 • 811 Ratings
🗓️ 24 May 2021
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
Episode 178 Show Notes
Topic of the show: What does “Radar Contact” really mean? What responsibilities does air traffic assume when a pilot hears those magical words? How do controllers establish radar contact and how does the relationship end? All this and more on another jam packed episode you don’t want to miss!
Timely Feedback:
- 1. PATRON Bravo Whiskey provides some very detailed information about LSAs and IMC.
- 2. SGAC PATRON “Darth Pilot” shares a request for holding instead of delay vectors.
- 3. Kilo Sierra shares some commentary on the airport mentioned a few episodes ago with a busy pattern and a denied go around.
Feedback
- SGAC PATRON Bravo Sierra asks about reroutes around special events airspace.
- PATRON Delta Zulu shares a pirep conundrum and asks for our advice on issuing them.
- Papa Whiskey wants to know if talking to a Delta controller well outside their airspace is a good idea. Spoiler alert: it’s always a good idea to let air traffic know you are there!
- PATRON Alpha Echo asks about controlled vs. non towered and shares a story.
- Juliet Bravo shares some hilarious audio about “breaks” in the tower.
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| 0:00.0 | We're with you. We see you. We're watching you. And we can't just forget about you. You're under our control. |
| 0:07.7 | It should sound weird to you. If you depart and you're going to approach or a departure controller and you don't hear those words if for some reason they don't say radar contact or they don't say ident and then radar contact or there's |
| 0:21.5 | not some exchange that happens it should trigger something in your brain hey what what is going on |
| 0:28.2 | here ready this is opposing bases air traffic talk your host This is Opposing Bases Air Traffic Talk. |
| 0:41.2 | Your host, Romeo Hotel and Alpha Golf have a combined 40 years of aviation experience |
| 0:46.5 | as pilots and air traffic controllers. |
| 0:49.6 | They answer your questions and share their opinions about flying and air traffic control. |
| 0:54.9 | This show is not official guidance and should not be used as a replacement for your instructor, |
| 0:59.8 | your pilot examiner, the endless books of regulations, your favorite comedian, your neighbor, |
| 1:05.3 | your spouse, or your cat. |
| 1:07.3 | November 628 Charlie Delt theawk 1-200 frequency change approved |
| 1:11.1 | The audio will be available on live ATC |
| 1:13.4 | Good day |
| 1:14.1 | November 643 Julie at Mike |
| 1:16.1 | 3rd visual brush one way 2 3 left |
| 1:17.8 | Connick Tower |
| 1:18.4 | November 3222 Yankee |
| 1:21.4 | Area of heavy to extreme precipitation |
| 1:23.5 | 10 o'clock to 1 o'clock |
| 1:25.4 | 15 miles 70 miles |
| 1:27.1 | And 547 Charlie try a departure contact, climb and maintain 8. |
| 1:31.3 | November 747, Sierra Lema, reduce speed to 180, your overtaking traffic ahead on final. |
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