Patch's Flight Schools Guide

A complete and very in-depth look at the Comm1 VFR radio simulator. This tool is designed to teach and reinforce your radio communications skills while flying under VFR conditions. It’s not a CD or DVD, but rather software you install on your computer and actually interact with in the same way you would with controllers when you’re flying. This is designed to be used with a headset and boom mic.

Most student pilots are extremely nervous about using a working radio and have never given a second thought to what they would do if they didn’t have it. First of all, R-E-L-A-X. There are thousands of aircraft flying everyday who never use radios. There are steps and processes you can go through to ensure a safe landing at a controlled airport.

What do you need to do before entering a Class D airspace? What should you do before talking to anyone in Class D? What’s the first thing you say talking to the ATC? All these are answered in this review of radio use in a Class D airspace.