IFR Clearance practice??

jawright

jawright

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I finished the lesson on IFR Clearances in the King instrument rating kit....and um, yeah....is there any good way to practice copying clearances on my own at home (like a computer program or something)? I need to get good at the shorthand and stuff before I start my instrument training so I am not that guy who is always saying, "say again please..."
 
I have developed my own short hand that works for me. Everyone is different, come up with something that works for you. I particularly have really crappy handwriting, so I had to work with that the best that I could.

Just remember CRAFT

C - Clearance Limit
R - Route
A - Altitude
F - Departure Freq.
T- Transponder (squak code)

So if the clearance is "Cessna 123N cleared to KPIE as filed, after departure climb and maintain 2,000 expect 8,000 ten minutes after departure, departure frequency will be 123.4, squak 1234.

I will write it like:

KPIE AF
2,000 8,000 10
123.4
1234
 
Try to find one of the internet ATC brodcasts and see if you can get a clearance or a ground frequency to listen to, and copy down clearances as they say them, then when the pilot reads back, you can see if you are correct...
 
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I will write it like:

KPIE AF
2,000 8,000 10
123.4
1234

[/ QUOTE ]And you can fill in the destination and expected departure frequency ahead of time..
 
Whenever you go flying VFR or even in the sim, have your instructor pretend to be ATC and give you a clearance so you can practice writing it down and reading it back. Do this every time you fly whether IFR or VFR, (actually if you are IFR you'll do it for real) until you feel comfortable with it. Before long it will become second nature.
 
If you have MSFS 2004 or or something similar you should be able to go to flight planner and set up an IFR flight to somewhere. Whenever you get in the plane, get a clearance, and practice expecting what to hear and so forth, or even write it down on paper if to make it a little more realistic. Once it's done a couple times, it's as easy as clockwork. Good luck.
 
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Whenever you go flying VFR or even in the sim, have your instructor pretend to be ATC and give you a clearance so you can practice writing it down and reading it back. Do this every time you fly whether IFR or VFR, (actually if you are IFR you'll do it for real) until you feel comfortable with it. Before long it will become second nature.

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Along the same lines. Alot of the times I had my IFR students file and then pick up the clearance, even if we ended up canceling before we got to far, just for the practice.
 
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