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Old 21st May 2010, 07:36
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Whopity
 
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i am sitting in front of the RT PPL book
Sounds as though this is not CAP 413. The CAP provides answers and examples to most questions but not every situation. Local ATC procedures vary from one airfield to another however the basic rule is quite simple:

Who are you?
Where are you?
and
What to do you want?

If the airfied is "new" as implied in the title, they will need to know where you have come from and where you are going to!

If you took off from there half an hour ago and the aircraft is locally based then they will probably have a good idea!

Now would you not just ask for rejoining instruction?
There is no such call!
CAP413:
Walden Tower, G-ABCD, request join
Perhaps the worst call of all but frequently heard is:
Request Landing Instructions!
"Slowly retard the throttle and gently raise the nose" but as a pilot you should know that! Any pilot who needs landing instructions really should not be there.

A useful new Doc

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