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Morse Code– Pilots learnMorse codeto identify aircraft call signs since NDBs and VORs still send their identifying letters this way. MSL – Mean Sea Level– Average level of the surface of one or more of Earth’s bodies of water from which heights such as elevation may be measured. MTOW...
Getting to Know the NATO Phonetic Alphabet The NATO phonetic alphabet plays a role, in aviation communication by ensuring that letters are clearly communicated, in situations with language barriers or poor radio reception. This standardized alphabet uses words like 'Alpha' for A 'Bravo' for B and...
Elsewhere, the first one or two letters of the ICAO identifier indicate in which region of the world and country (or state) the station is. Pacific locations such as Alaska, Hawaii, and the Marianas islands start with P followed by an A, H, or G respectively. The last two letters ...
Pilots never pronounce letters when they are transmitting to Air Traffic Control, and vice-versa. Instead, each letter of the alphabet is assigned a code word to represent the letter. These are easy to memorize, and you will use these terms frequently as a pilot. Pilots often speak in short...
To simplify communication, aviators use the phonetic alphabet. Since the letters B, C, D, and E, sound similar, they must be identified as “Bravo” “Charlie” “Delta”, etc to avoid confusion. For example if your tail number is 123BC, on the radio your callsign, would be 123 “...
Air navigation radio range stations would regularly interrupt their "A" and "N" sector code broadcasts to broadcast their call letters for identification purposes. Before the installation of these early radio navigation aids, and the airways system that these radio stations defned, pilots would ...
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