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Old 2nd Jun 2004, 21:32
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FNG
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Dublinpilot, I agree. CM and Miserlou, I'm not sure why we are disagreeing on this. If you check posts on similar subjects made by paulo, dublinpilot, Evo, me and others you may see that we do not believe that the radio is a flight control, a navigational device, or an anti-collision failsafe. All that we are saying is that use of the radio, combined with lookout, and as an ingredient of airmanship, may in some circumstances help a little in the circuit, as elsewhere.

Rod1: good call.

Someone said above that "Traffic" calls should not be made, because they aren't in a book. There is no book dictating precisely how one should speak on the radio. It is a device for communication with the ground, and with other pilots, usually indirectly, but occasionally directly. I get fed up with PPLs, and some instructors, adding mystification to the radio by assuming that one has to learn by rote a particular thing to say at any given moment.
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