Radio Communications

Question 1

What is the squawk code for a radio failure?

Answer 1

7600

Question 2

If you are in uncontrolled airspace and plan to enter controlled airspace but have a comm failure, what should you do?

Answer 2

Avoid entering the controlled airspace, as you wont be able to talk to the controllers. Divert, if you can, to somehwere that does not require a clearance/permission to enter.

Question 3

If you have no other option and must land at a controlled airport during a comms failure, what are the procedures to follow?

Answer 3

Squawk 7600
Follow NORDO procedures
Look for light signals from tower

Question 4

What should you do prior to a NORDO flight if you plan to enter controlled airspace?

Answer 4

Call the control tower of the airspace to let them know your intentions and to secure a clearance to enter the airspace. They will then be expecting you and can give you light signals.

**To operate in class C, you must aquire such a clearance

Question 5

In the air, what does a steady green light mean?

Answer 5

Cleared to land

Question 6

In the air, what does a flashing green light mean?

Answer 6

If I was previously waved off, it means I can come back for landing. I would then wait for a steady green.

Question 7

In the air, what does a steady red or red flare mean?

Answer 7

Give way to other AC and continue circling.
I would wait for a flashing green after this to return for landing.

Question 8

In the air, what does a flashing red light mean?

Answer 8

Airport unsafe, do not land

Question 9

In the air, to acknowledge that I have seen light signals, what should I do?

Answer 9

Rock my wings (day)
Flash landing light (night)

Question 10

On the ground what does a steady green and a flashing green light mean respectively?

Answer 10

Steady Green - Cleared for takeoff
Flashing Green - Cleared for taxi

Question 11

On the ground, what does a steady red and flashing red light mean respectively?

Answer 11

Steady Red - stop
Flashing Red - taxi clear of runway in use

Question 12

On the ground what does it mean when tower flashes the runway lights?

Answer 12

Get off the runway NOW

Question 13

On the ground what does a flashing white light from tower mean?

Answer 13

Go back to your starting point

Question 14

On the ground, how do you signal to the controller that you have heard and will follow their instructions?

Answer 14

Wiggle controls all around. Ailerons, rudder, and elevator.

Question 15

What does it mean if you see projectiles bursting into red and green stars?

Answer 15

You are in the vicinity of a restricted area, alter course.

Only used in the US

Question 16

How must you join the circuit if you are flying NORDO?

Answer 16

You must join from the upwind side, join crosswind at circuit height, then turn onto the downwind leg.

Question 17

When you are on final, NORDO, and the tower has not given you a steady green light, what should you do?

Answer 17

Pull up and go around

Question 18

After landing NORDO, is a taxi clearance required to continue?

Answer 18

No, a taxi clearance (flashing Green) is only required to cross a runway or to taxi back to a turn off point.