Timeline for How would an airplane land if the on-board radio breaks down?
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| Jul 9, 2015 at 20:56 | comment | added | KeithS | @reirab - It's not legal to enter any tower-controlled space without a radio unless you had an in-flight radio failure. Even class D towers will want you to check in. Circling the airspace with your transponder on 7600 is the cue to the tower to haul out the spotlight. | |
| Dec 27, 2014 at 9:01 | comment | added | reirab | @falstro It's perfectly legal to fly VFR without a radio at uncontrolled fields, but it's not legal to even enter Class C or Class B airspace without first making radio contact with the controller, is it? Of course, if you have a radio failure and the only airport around where you can reasonably land is a controlled field, then you don't really have a choice, but you should squawk 7600 in that case. | |
| May 9, 2014 at 15:25 | comment | added | falstro | note that it is often legal to fly VFR even without a radio, so you don't have to squawk 7600 | |
| May 9, 2014 at 14:16 | comment | added | shortstheory | Okay +1s for both of you then :) | |
| May 9, 2014 at 14:13 | comment | added | Jamiec♦ | @shortstheory - you might like to check my answer ;) | |
| May 9, 2014 at 14:13 | comment | added | shortstheory | How does is the light gun used to transmit messages? Does it just send pulses of light (a la morse code)? I'm withholding a +1 till I get an explanation XD | |
| May 9, 2014 at 13:17 | comment | added | Jamiec♦ | ... or that its their receiver/headset not working, and that they're transmitting just fine. | |
| May 9, 2014 at 13:07 | comment | added | Farhan | Nice answer. Please add that pilot should also continue to transmit on radio, even when it has failed. It could be that the radio would transmits some messages. | |
| May 9, 2014 at 12:39 | history | edited | RedGrittyBrick | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
clarify transponder
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| May 9, 2014 at 12:27 | history | answered | ratchet freak | CC BY-SA 3.0 |