REFLECTOR: ATC Question

[Douglas Holub]

I have some of the same questions. You'd think the tower would like to know if you were an RV or a pusher just to confirm what it's seeing.  I noticed that John in Sebastian would always say "Velocity N49VA" when announcing his intentions, but that wasn't at a controlled field. The regulations require us to inform ATC of the experimental nature of our aircraft when we contact them-- the question is whether or not "Velocity" let's them know that.

Doug Holub
14.8 hours down, 25.2 to go
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jon Bachman 
  To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list 
  Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 3:13 PM
  Subject: REFLECTOR: ATC Question


  Since we are talking about what to use when filing, I thought I'd ask about what to use when speaking to ATC.  If VELO is good to go for filing, can a Velocity pilot use "Velocity, (tail numbers)" when first contacting ATC instead if "Experimental, (Tail numbers)"?  Does anyone use both "Velocity" and Experimental" when first contacting ATC?  Does the word "Experimental" need to be in all transmissions with ATC or can it just be in the first transmission, if it is needed at all?

   

  Jon Bachman

  575 430-9724

    

  jonathan.bachman at mtsi-va.com

   



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