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Mayday and pan-pan

Aviation Technology · Grade 10 · about 40 minutes

Distress versus urgency: say the word three times, then who you are, where, and what you need. Never joke it.

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Other lessons in this sub-strand

  1. Aviation communication
  2. Why aviation radio exists
  3. The ICAO phonetic alphabet
  4. Numbers, time and call signs
  5. Roger, wilco, affirm, negative
  6. Read-back and clearance
  7. Mayday and pan-pan
  8. Radio transmission technique
  9. The shape of a radio call
  10. Tower versus ground
  11. A Kenya radio exchange
  12. Marshalling: come, stop, turn
  13. Marshalling: engines, chocks, emergency
  14. Careers in aviation communication
  15. Standard communication is safety