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Aeronautical advisory communication station (UNICOM) and associated communication procedures used by manned aircraft pilots.

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  • Chapter 7: Radio Communication Procedures › Traffic Advisory Practices at Airports without Operating Control Towers › Airport Operations without Operating Control Tower

    Understanding Proper Radio Procedures Understanding proper radio phraseology and procedures contribute to a pilot’s ability to operate safely and efficiently in the airspace system. A review of the Pilot/Controller Glossary contained in the AIM assists a pilot in understanding ... standard radio terminology. The AIM also contains many examples of radio communications. ICAO has adopted a phonetic alphabet that should be used in radio communications. When communicating with ATC, pilots should use this alphabet to identify their aircraft. [Figure…

  • CHAPTER 5. PART 107 SUBPART B, OPERATING RULES (SMALL UAS) › 5.9 VLOS Aircraft Operation › 5.10.1 Small Unmanned Aircraft Operations Near an Airport—Notification and Permissions

    remote PIC must yield right-of-way to all other aircraft, including aircraft operating on the surface of the airport (§ 107.43). Remote PICs are prohibited from operating a small unmanned aircraft in a manner that interferes with operations and traffic ... patterns at airports, heliports, and seaplane bases (§ 107.43). Small unmanned aircraft must always yield right-of-way to a manned aircraft. A manned aircraft may alter its flightpath, delay its landing, or take off in order to avoid a small…

  • Chapter 7: Radio Communication Procedures › Traffic Advisory Practices at Airports without Operating Control Towers › Recommended Traffic Advisory Practices

    After the aircraft has landed and is clear of the runway, the following broadcast should be made: Town and Country traffic, Cessna 123 Bravo Foxtrot, is clear of runway 18, taxing to park, Town and Country traffic. When an aircraft ... departing a non-towered airport, the same procedures apply. For example, when the aircraft is ready for takeoff, the aircraft should make the following broadcast: Town and Country traffic, Cessna 123 Bravo Foxtrot, departing runway 18, Town and Country traffic…

  • Chapter 11. Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) › Section 5. UAS Pilot Testing, Certification and Responsibilities › 11-5-3. Pilot Certification for 14 CFR part 135, Part 137, and Large Civil UAS

    people without a waiver, under certain conditions. See paragraph 11-8-3, Precautions: Flight Over or Near People, Vehicles, Manned Aircraft, and Night Flight, for further information on these operations. 2. Any remote pilot who holds a 14 CFR part ... must take the updated recurrent training (the online training) to operate at night or over people. 11-5-2. Pilot Certification and Requirements for Public Aircraft Operations (PAOs) a. When operating as a PAO, the operator is required to train…

  • Chapter 14: Airport Operations › Radio Communications › Lost Communication Procedures

    Using Proper Radio Procedures Using proper radio phraseology and procedures contribute to a pilot’s ability to operate safely and efficiently in the airspace system. A review of the Pilot/Controller Glossary contained in the AIM assists a pilot ... understanding of standard terminology. The AIM also contains many examples of radio communications. Figure 14-40. Traffic pattern operation—parallel runways. ICAO has adopted a phonetic alphabet that should be used in radio communications. When communicating with ATC, pilots should…

  • Chapter 11. Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) › Section 8. Other Information and Best Practices › 11-8-3. Precautions: Flight Over or Near People, Vehicles, Manned Aircraft, and Night O…

    Part 91 remote pilots may refer to restrictions and permissions, regarding flight over people, in their respective COAs. 3. Recreational flyers should consider the safety of other persons when flying. 49 USC 44809(a)(2), Exception for Limited Recreational Operations ... Unmanned Aircraft, requires recreational flyers to operate in accordance with the safety guidelines of an accepted CBO; these guidelines will usually include safety precautions for flight near people. 4. For further information on the rules for flying over people…