Vector Online - In category Radiotelephony and communications

Read our special 'online' Vector stories here. Some are unique to the website, and some have featured in print issues of Vector.

Note: This archive dates back to 2015. So, the advice in some of the earlier articles may have changed.

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Radio calls - make them count

Some tips from the Plane Talking 2023 seminars.

Posted in Radiotelephony and communications, General safety;

Posted 9 months ago

Classic Fighters is back. Here's how to get there safely

After a COVID-induced hiatus, the Classic Fighters airshow is back at Omaka this Easter.

Posted in Airspace, Displays aerobatics and aviation events, Pilot performance flying practice and professionalism, Radiotelephony and communications;

Posted 20 months ago

Between November 2021 and October 2022 there were 48 reported airspace intrusions into the Woodbourne control zone. Vector Online takes a look at the challenges – and peculiarities – of the local transit lane.

Are you a crowing rooster?

And how’s the rest of your radio technique? Read the articleAre you a crowing rooster?

Posted in Radiotelephony and communications;

Posted 2 years ago

Interference to GNSS receivers highlights vulnerability

There have been almost 11,000 events globally of interference to GNSS, used to provide GPS signals.

Posted in Airspace, Radiotelephony and communications;

Posted 2 years ago

C'mon guys - be kind!

Discourtesy in radio calls appears to be increasing. Read the articleC'mon guys - be kind!

Posted in Radiotelephony and communications;

Posted 2 years ago

What the heck is UNICOM?

If you’re a pilot who’s never been to Ardmore, you’ve probably never come across UNICOM.

Posted in Aerodromes, Radiotelephony and communications;

Posted 3 years ago

Slow down those radio calls

Radio calls are arguably second only to lookout in the critical basics of safe flying. Yet, complaints are widespread among pilots about the poor delivery of some of their fellow pilots’ calls.

Posted in Radiotelephony and communications, Audio articles;

Posted 3 years ago

The risk to safety through mispronouncing te reo Māori VRPs

If every pilot and ATC controller pronounces te reo Māori place names the one way, the risk of mid-air collisions will be reduced.

Posted in Airspace, Radiotelephony and communications, Audio articles;

Posted 3 years ago

Too much noise in the CFZ, too little in the MBZ

The airwaves in CFZs are becoming cluttered with irrelevant chit chat, and conversely, some pilots are still flying through MBZs without making reports. First published March/April 2017. Story updated May 2021.

Posted in Airspace, Radiotelephony and communications;

Posted 3 years ago

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