- •Contents
- •Unit one general operating procedures
- •Communication procedures
- •Standard words and phrases
- •Unit two
- •2.2 Automatic terminal information service (atis)
- •2.3 Departure information and atc clearance
- •Unit three start-up and taxi
- •Pushback and start-up
- •3.2 Taxi
- •Unit four take-off and departure
- •Take-off
- •Unit five en route
- •5.1 Position and level information
- •Leaving controlled airspace; entering, leaving and crossing airways
- •En route holding instructions
- •Descent
- •Unit six arrival
- •6.1 Holding instructions in the holding pattern
- •Approach
- •Unit seven landing and after landing
- •Traffic circuit
- •Missed approach and local training
- •Final approach and after landing
- •Unit eight radar control
- •8.1 Radar identification and vectoring
- •Vectoring to final approach and traffic information
- •Precision radar approach
- •Unit nine adverse weather flying
- •Low visibility and windshear
- •Thunderstorm, turbulence and icing
- •Unit ten abnormal situations
- •10.1 Essential aerodrome information
- •Problems in flight
- •Unit eleven urgency and distress
- •11.1 Urgency and communication failure
- •Distress
Unit nine adverse weather flying
Low visibility and windshear
EXERCISE 1 Check that you know all the phrases in this list.
The weather is deteriorating. |
Погода ухудшается. |
RVR runway 36 less than 1500m. |
Дальность видимости на ВПП 36 менее 1500м. |
Visibility 2000m in fog. |
Видимость 2000ь в тумане. |
The weather is below VFR minimum due to sandstorm. |
Погода ниже минимума ПВП из-за песчаной бури. |
What is your intention? = Report your intention. |
Доложите ваше намерение. |
What is your decision? = Report your decision. |
Доложите ваше решение. |
We’d like to divert to our alternate. |
Мы хотим уйти на наш запасной. |
Caution: windshear reported at 6000 feet 2 miles final. |
Осторожно: докладывали о сдвиге ветра на высоте 6000 футов в 2 милях на предпосадочной прямой. |
Windshear warning: strong low level windshear observed in the vicinity of Beijing airport at 1400 hours. |
Предупреждение о сдвиге ветра: сильный сдвиг ветра на низкой высоте наблюдался в районе аэропорта Пекин в 1400. |
Height of windshear layer 1500m. |
Слой высоты сдвига ветра 1500м. |
Windshear alert: centerfield wind 210° at 14 knots, east boundary wind 140° at 22 knots. |
Предупреждение о сдвиге ветра: ветер в центре летного поля 210° 14 узлов, восточная граница 140° 22 узла. |
Encountered windshear on final gained 20 knots between 600 and 400 feet followed by a loss of 30 knots between 400 feet and the surface. |
Столкнулся со сдвигом ветра на предпосадочной прямой, что привело к увеличению скорости на 20 узлов между 600 и 400 футами, за которым последовала потеря скорости на 30 узлов между 400 футами и поверхностью. |
EXERCISE 2 Сheck that you understand all the words and phrases in this list. Look up any new words in an aviation dictionary or ask your teacher.
fog bank (patch) |
previous |
heavy snow |
missing |
heavy rain |
touchdown |
snow shower |
mid-point |
dense drizzle |
stop end |
EXERCISE 3 Listen to two recorded dialogues.
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Beijing Tower CCA 982 ILS established, approaching runway 36R. |
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CCA 982 continue approach, the weather is deteriorating, report outer marker. |
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CCA 982 outer marker. |
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CCA 982 you are number one, RVR runway 36 less than 1500m. |
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Number one to land CCA 982. |
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CCA 982 going around. |
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Standard procedure, contact 129.0. |
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129.0 CCA 982. |
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Hong Kong Tower CSN 301 fully established IGS runway 13. |
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CSN 301 continue approach, report outer marker. Caution: windshear reported at 6000 feet 2 miles final. |
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CSN 301 when was the windshear reported? |
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It was reported 10 minutes ago by an A320. |
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Is it possible to change landing runway? CSN 301. |
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CSN 301 negative for the moment due weather. |
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CSN 301 missed approach and we’d like to divert to our alternate. |
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CSN 301 climb to 4500 feet and contact 119.1. |
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4500 feet, 119.1 CSN 301. |
EXERCISE 4 Make the back translation of the dialogues in EXERCISE 3 and read them in two.
EXERCISE 5 Listen to the modal exchanges. Repeat the pilot’s words. Then practice the exchanges in two.
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CCA 981 RVR runway 36L 550m. |
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CCA 981 |
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CSN 306 RVR runway 13 touchdown 650m, mid-point 700m stop end 600m |
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CSN 306 |
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CCA 982 ceiling 300m variable, visibility 2000m in fog, wind 350 degrees 3m/s. |
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No contact at minimum, going around CCA 982. |
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GBT the weather is below VFR minimum due to sandstorm. |
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GBT. |
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CSN 303 the weather is deteriorating, RVR runway 31 less than 1500m. |
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CSN 303 request radar vector for approach. |
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CCA 981 windshear warning: strong low level windshear observed in the vicinity of Beijing airport at 1400 hours. |
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We would like to delay our approach for 30 minutes CCA 981. |
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CCA 101 windshear warning: arriving B737 reported strong windshear in approach runway 36R at 0815, height of windshear layer 1500m. |
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Roger CCA 101. |
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CSN 303 caution: windshear reported at 1500 feet 3 miles final runway 13. |
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CSN 303 thanks for the warning. |
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CCA 102 windshear alert: centerfield wind 210° at 14 knots, east boundary wind 140° at 22 knots. |
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CCA 102. |
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Hong Kong Tower CSN 303 encountered windshear on final gained 20 knots between 600 and 400 feet followed by a loss of 30 knots between 400 feet and the surface. |
EXERCISE 6 Use the words or phrases below to replace the parts in italics in the sentences.
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RVR runway 21 1000 metres. |
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Selection |
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GBD the weather is below minima due to dense fog. |
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Selection |
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CCA 981 windshear warning departing A300 reported strong windshear in departure runway 36L at 1050, height of windshear 500m. |
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EXERCISE 7 Fill in the blanks with what you hear from the recording.
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CCA 982 RVR ________ 36L touchdown ________, mid-point ________, stop end ________. |
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CSN 304 the ________ is deteriorating ________ runway 13is ________ 800m. |
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CCA 102 ________ windshear reported at ________ feet ________ miles final runway 31. |
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CCA 981 windshear ________, centerfield wind ________, west boundary ________. |
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JAL 309 encountered ________ windshear on final runway 21, ________ knots between ________ and ________ followed by ________ between ________ and ________. |
EXERCISE 8 Listen to the following recording and answer the questions according to what you have just heard.
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What is the RVR at touchdown? |
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Which is the best RVR out of the three parts? |
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What is the main reason for the visibility deteriorating? |
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What is the reported speed variation? |
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What is the height range of the reported windshear? |
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Who made the windshear report? |
