How do talk on radio of private single engine plane (cessna 172)????

Question

Ive flew a few time sin a cessna 172, the instructor did all the radio work and i would like to learn how to communicate to the tower and to other planes around me. Any help would be great??? Thanks>>

Answer 1

Get an air scanner from Sporty's online pilot shop.

Learn the phonetic alphabet

Alfa

Bravo

Charlie

Delta

Echo

Foxtrot

Golf

Hotel

India

Juliet

Kilo

Lima

Mike

November

Oscar

Papa

Quebec

Romeo

Sierra

Tango

Uniform

Victor

Whiskey

X-ray

Yankee

Zulu

Answer 2

Who you are, where you are, what you're going to do.

Put in a little effort, and you'll get the hang of it real fast.

Answer 3

The instructor's job is to make sure you understand everything as soon as possible.  Most instructors get their students involved in the radio communications during their first flight hour.

If you are not getting the instructional services you need, talk it over with your instructor.  If you didn't intend to indicate that you are now a flight student, then there are a number of ways you can learn more about aircraft communications.  Do a search on the internet for "aircraft scanner" and one on "aircraft communications phraseology."  

You can buy a scanner and sit at your airport and listen.  There is a lot that you will not understand until you become involved at least as a student pilot, but a lot of the pat phrases and concepts are things you can read about on the internet.

Have fun.

Answer 4

I usually don't let my students talk until their fourth lesson when it is covered in their Cessna course. And then usually only ground and tower. We are in class bravo. I want my students to have the basics before having to focus on the radio.

Answer 5

Think about what you're going to say.  I used to write some stuff down in my younger days.  To prevent stomping on yourself or others:

- wait for a break

-key mike wait a beat

-say it

-wait a beat release mike

In the military it's called:  "Think about you're going to say; say it; get off the net."

Answer 6

I did communications to ground and tower on my second lesson. Tell your instructor you want to start sooner rather than later. My instructor went over it with me before I spoke and I know how to do it consistently. A very important factor in flight training...study on your own time. The more you bring to the lesson, the more you will get out of it.

Answer 7

Wait till your instructor inducts you to the radio. He will teach you and let you handle the radio when he feels you can handle it. Be just a little patient.

Answer 8

Yes the lingo is confusing.  Listen to the radio (get a handheld aviation radio).  And practice with the instructor - just pretending.  

Practice, practice and practice.

Good Luck...

Answer 9

Your instructor will/should be teaching you this.

You can get some great info from Bob Gardners

"Communications Trainer: Say, Again Please." Pilots use their computer for the interactive tutorial, and use their home, car, or computer stereo to listen to the audio review. Computer learning tools in the form of audio clips, animations, original figures and diagrams combine with the text of Bob Gardner’s popular Say Again Please book, to teach radio communications in VFR and IFR operations

get the book as well to go with the 3 CD-ROMs