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Old 30th Apr 2011, 22:01
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or perhaps make your own blog to make things easier.
That's what I did too. Make a plog so that all the information you need (frequencies, callsigns, VRPs, whatever) is in a familiar place. You don't want to have to flip through the exam briefing papers for frequencies and such during the exam. (And put your own callsign on a prominent place in the plog!)

The other tip is that you'll be flying a mock flight. You'll be at a VRP at some point in time and be asked to report at the next VRP, or airspace boundary, or whatever. In a real flight this usually takes a few minutes. Obviously on the FRTOL your flight duration will be compressed a bit but you decide on how much compression you're going to apply. So if you need a few seconds to compose your thoughts, think ahead about the next leg/radio call, just let the examiner wait a bit and don't report over that next VRP until you're good and ready.

Obviously that's the time the examiner will throw in something unexpected, like an oil pressure warning or a mayday relay, but that's life...

In addition to the lists above, also practice the "report position" call.
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