Clearance Runway Transponder 
Plane and Pilot
MARCH 25, 2025
Although I havent spent much time around GB1s (except for drooling over them while they are on display and flying at airshows) I am always taken aback by how much larger the airplane appears to be in personparticularly, the tall, sweeping rudder that curves down to a sharp point with just enough ground clearance. Free and clear.
Flight Training Central
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
For an instrument pilot, though, there is one key difference between a smaller, non-towered airport and a larger one with an air traffic control tower: obtaining an IFR clearance. Call for your IFR clearance, including route, altitude, and transponder code. Here are three ways to get a clearance at a non-towered airport.
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Pilot Institute
DECEMBER 12, 2024
Use the CRAFT acronym to note down departure clearances quickly. You may be asking for a clearance or reporting your position. Departure Clearance The departure clearance is a special type of radio call. Large airports usually have a dedicated frequency called Clearance Delivery. Why Why are you calling?
Air Facts
AUGUST 5, 2024
It has a mid-time engine (O-320-D3G rated at 160 hp), fairly recent annual inspection and 24 month pitot-ptatic/transponder test. Next you look at NOTAM’s once again and notice that Runways 8R and 26L are closed. And a quick check of the ATIS on your trusty Sporty’s handheld VHF radio reveals that Runways 35 is currently in use.
Flying Magazine
MAY 13, 2024
So, for example, if you are asked to provide a scenario when V X is appropriate, be able to answer the when and the why, such as “short field takeoff technique is appropriate when there is an obstacle off the departure end of the runway.” Chapter 3 in the AIM has details on dimensions of airspace, cloud clearances, and visibility.
ABEAM
JULY 5, 2024
We had a team briefing and took off with nice weather from runway 24 in Kortrijk. We tried to fly as direct as possible letting controllers and the leader Macksolo of the formation dealing with proper clearances. This would be a formation flight with a dedicated callsign “Waffles”, which made the controllers chuckle.
Flight Training Central
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
An ATC clearance is required for operations within Class B airspace. The shape of the surface area and layers are tailored to the individual airport and the instrument approach corridors to its runways. A transponder with altitude reporting and an approved ADS-B out transmitter are also required for all operations.
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