On 02/06/06 07:19, akiley wrote:
Question A: I'm trying to get fast and accurate at programming routes
(and possible reroutes) into the KLN94 and G1000 navigators our club
planes are equipped with. I was wondering, does ATC usually give you
the VOR 3 letter ID or the full name? If it's the full name and it's
unfamiliar territory, do you just ask them to spell all VOR and fix
names? Or do you write down the full name longhand then try to find
the match on the chart. I fly a lot of local and they seem to say the
full VOR name.

When I'm receiving my clearance, I write down what I hear, and follow
along with the en route chart on my lap. If necessary, I'll ask the
controller to provide the fix identifier. I suppose you could even
ask for that up front:

"... ready to copy - and can you please include the fix IDs?"

Also, once you get the clearance, you can ask for some time to digest
it before you read it back:

"... standby by for read back."



Question B: How do you know what an airport is *called*? If it has an
IAP you can see it's called "Jackson Tower". (Jackson, MI, KJXN) If
you use a gov VFR chart, or Jepps LOW you would only know to call it
"Jackson County Reynolds tower". Lansing Michigan's airport name is
"Capital City", but it's Lansing Tower on the Jepps IAP. Sees this
could add a layer of confusion when the tower is closed and someone
that doesn't know the area is reporting final Capital City. Why do
they have airport names, but not necessarily use them?

That's a good question, and one I've wondered as well. There's an
airport near me that is charted as "Yuba County", but is called
"Marysville". When I was flying practice approaches into it (during
training) I called it Yuba County, and the controller just came back
with Marysville, so I started calling it Marysville as well.



... Aaron



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Mark Hansen, PP-ASEL, Instrument Airplane
Cal Aggie Flying Farmers
Sacramento, CA