Air Traffic/Pilot Terminology

GeorgeC wrote:
In the AIM (Aeronautical Information Manual) in the back of the book
there is dictionary of Abbreviations/Acronyms. You can get am AIM at
the local airport, or at a bookstore for between $15 -$20. You can
also get for free at
http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraff...ns/atpubs/aim/

Since a new edition of the AIM comes out every year, you can also
usually find older versions pretty cheap at a used book store. You
wouldn't use an old version for flying or serious study, but for general
interest they work fine. I think I once paid $3 or $4 for a printed,
bound copy of the FAR/AIM (the AIM plus some of the more important
Federal Aviation Regulations) that was a couple of years out of date.
When I'm in the smallest room in my house, it's a lot easier to read
dead tree slices than it is to read a PDF.

Matt Roberds

,

The AIM previously mentioned is available he
http://www.faa.gov/atpubs/AIM/AIM.pdf

The Pilot/Controller Glossary, also helpful, is he
http://www.faa.gov/atpubs/PCG/PCG.pdf

If you are really interested, the book "Say Again" published by ASA
(www.asa2fly.com) and written by Bob Gardner who also frequents this
forum, is invaluable.

As for the slang mentioned by kontiki, it shouldn't happen.
Communications should be strictly standard as defined in the
publications above. But there are humans involved...

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Both FAA links below are obsolete. Go he
http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraff.../publications/
and follow the links to Aeronautical Information Manual and
Pilot/Controller Glossary.

On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 21:57:59 +0200, Thomas Borchert
wrote:

,

The AIM previously mentioned is available he
http://www.faa.gov/atpubs/AIM/AIM.pdf

The Pilot/Controller Glossary, also helpful, is he
http://www.faa.gov/atpubs/PCG/PCG.pdf

If you are really interested, the book "Say Again" published by ASA
(www.asa2fly.com) and written by Bob Gardner who also frequents this
forum, is invaluable.

As for the slang mentioned by kontiki, it shouldn't happen.
Communications should be strictly standard as defined in the
publications above. But there are humans involved...

Tom,

Both FAA links below are obsolete.


Hmm. They work just fine.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:24:54 +0200, Thomas Borchert
wrote:

Tom,

Both FAA links below are obsolete.


Hmm. They work just fine.

Interestingly, I get this for both links:

=====
Page Not Found

Sorry, but the page you have requested has moved or no longer exists.
Please use the links provided below to find the resource you were
looking for:
Home

* FAA Home
=====

and if I enter only the first part of the links
(http://www.faa.gov/atpubs) I get forwarded to
http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraff.../publications/

Mysterious....

Tom,

Both FAA links below are obsolete.


Hmm. They work just fine.

Interestingly, I get this for both links:


Hmm. Weird! I copied them from the displayed publication right before I
posted. They don't work now. So thanks for correcting.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

On 7/22/2007 1:31:09 PM, " wrote:

I was recently on a flight where I was able to listen to the Pilots
speak to Air Traffic control. It was quite fascinating but I
understood very little of what they were saying.

If you desire to listen to more ATC lingo, click your way over to
http://www.liveatc.net where there are over 150 live audio streams from ATC
facilities in the US and around the world.

--
Peter