When contacting departure you should state that you are passing through
xxxx for yyyyy. That way ATC confirms what they see on the radar

Bob Gardner wrote:

There is no such thing as "proper" phraseology for pilots in the same sense
that controllers must conform to the ATCH. Say whatever you have to say in
an understandable manner.

If the folks in the tower have set up flight following with the terminal
facility, the last transmission from the tower should be "Contact departure
on ......" so you don't have to worry about what to say. Your first call to
the radar facility should just be "Departure, Fastbird 1234X," because they
already know you are coming and have a data block on their scope with your
tail number and altitude.

Bob Gardner

Bob Gardner

"Yossarian" wrote in message
...
I just learned recently that this was possible at my little airport,
Hawthorne CA (KHHR). Presumably they get a squawk for you from SoCal and
arrange your radar coverage. Couple questions--

1. What is the phraseology of the request to ground?

--I'm guessing it's just "ground, cessna 1234 can you arrange
flight
following to xxx via y and z"

2. At what point would you contact SoCal, and what would your initial
callup be? I assume you don't "request" FF at that point since it's
already
been arranged, but I can't figure out what's best. Would you just report
in
as you would if you were being handed off to a tower or tracon controller?