Messy Instrument Clearance Readback

June 26th, 2009 •

I didn’t actually get to take the flight so there is no more to this video than what you see and hear here. Not my finest radio transmission but it wasn’t until I was driving to work that I realised why the controller was being so picky about the readback. Anyway, for no reason other than I have it to post, here’s a little video of me asking for, and getting, a tower en route clearance from San Diego’s Montgomery Field to Carlsbad’s Palomar airport.

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  1. Wayne Conrad June 26, 2009
    at 9:42 am

    I had to think about it until my brain bled before I realized that “left turn 270″ has two possible meanings.

  2. Charlie September 11, 2009
    at 1:48 pm

    Clearances are tough to copy. I use a little paper form when I get an IFR clearance. It helps me with ATC’s clearance instructions and minimizes the writing required.

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I got my private pilot certificate in Feb 2002, and my instrument rating exaclty one year later in 2003. I fly out of Montgomery Field, San Diego, renting Cessna 172s, 182s, and Piper Archers from PlusOneFlyers. I also have high performance and complex endorsements.

Currently, I have approximately 350 hours of PIC time, including 450 landings, and a monster 6.4 hours of actual instrument time. September 2010