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New user ‘Pilot Radio Calls’


Phil Bishop
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Phil Bishop
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I’m new to VATSIM, I am going for my helicopter licence and have a little under 90hrs training. I am doing my navigation training and have been unable to find a list of standard radio calls for lane of entry etc. I flew over the harbour bridge and up the coast with a mate in his helicopter last weekend and he made so many radio calls that i was unaware of. 

I have looked on CASA however they do not have any lane of entry calls etc. Any assistance would be appreciated.

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Alistair Thomson
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I know nothing about Australian procedures but I imagine that you follow ICAO specifications fairly well. I'd have thought that after 90 hours instruction you would have radio chat off pat. I don't know what you mean by "standard radio calls for lane entry" but I'd be very confused (not unusual :) if these weren't specific to an airfield and also weren't transmitted in the normal ATC calls format.

So they ought to be sort of like VFR or IFR clearances to/from an airfield, following standard routes as published in the plates. I don't know (sorry) if your Civil Aviation Safety Authority publish these or not, but they will exist, probably published as part of the set of specific airfield charts.

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Kirk Christie
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VATPAC has some pilot tutorials under the pilot tab at https://vatpac.org/

The Aeronautical Information Package published by Air Services Australia https://www.airservicesaustralia.com/aip/aip.asp contains Pilot/Controller phraseology.

You want GEN 3.4 - 24 

AIP Book > General > page 24 of Section 3.4 

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Phil Bishop
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Hi Kirk,

Many thanks for this information, I have followed your link and found ‘phraseologies’ (standard words & phrases) used in radio calls, just FYI most of my flying has been circuits and across to Warragamba Dam etc. I have now started joint lane of entry traffic and overflying air fields (Warnervale NSW) and these are calls that i am not that familiar will. 

The information provided by Air Services Australia is extremely detailed etc. and it will provide me with the opportunity to better improve my radio skills.

Thanks

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