Complete Cross-Country Dialogue

The following dialogue illustrates a complete cross-country VFR flight from Linz (LOWL) to Prague (LKPR), approximately one hour forty-five minutes of flying. It incorporates all the elements you have learned in this lection: FIS contact, position reporting, transponder operations, frequency changes, radar service request, transiting controlled airspace, and closing the flight plan.
Study this dialogue carefully. Notice how the pilot maintains clear, professional communication throughout. Notice how the pilot always reads back instructions and confirms assignments. Notice how the pilot anticipates frequency changes and prepares for them. This is the standard you should strive for in your own radio communication.
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Complete Cross-Country VFR Flight

Linz Ground / Linz Radar / Vienna Approach / Brno Radar / Prague Tower · OE-CMV

PILOT: Linz Ground, OE-CMV, Cessna one-seven-two, stand four, request start up.
GROUND: OE-CMV, Linz Ground, wind two-eight-zero, eight knots, altimeter two-nine-nine-two, you are cleared start up.
PILOT: Wind two-eight-zero, eight knots, altimeter two-nine-nine-two, OE-CMV, starting up. [5 minutes later]
PILOT: Linz Ground, OE-CMV, ready for taxi.
GROUND: OE-CMV, taxi to runway two-seven via alpha, bravo.
PILOT: Taxi via alpha, bravo, runway two-seven, OE-CMV.
GROUND: OE-CMV, hold short of runway two-four, traffic landing.
PILOT: Hold short runway two-four, OE-CMV.
GROUND: OE-CMV, runway two-four cleared, continue to runway two-seven.
PILOT: Continue to runway two-seven, OE-CMV. [At runway]
PILOT: Linz Tower, OE-CMV, runway two-seven, ready for departure.
TOWER: OE-CMV, runway two-seven, wind two-eight-zero, eight knots. Cleared for takeoff.
PILOT: Cleared for takeoff, runway two-seven, OE-CMV.
TOWER: OE-CMV, no delay take off, traffic landing.
PILOT: Wilco, OE-CMV. [After takeoff]
TOWER: OE-CMV, contact Linz Radar on one-one-nine decimal eight-five-zero, good day.
PILOT: Contact Linz one-one-nine decimal eight-five-zero, OE-CMV. [Change frequency
PILOT: Linz Radar, OE-CMV, Cessna one-seven-two, three hundred feet, climbing to flight level nine thousand five hundred, destination Prague.
RADAR: OE-CMV, Linz Radar, good morning. Continue climb to flight level nine thousand five hundred. Squawk two-four-zero-zero.
PILOT: Climb flight level nine thousand five hundred, squawk two-four-zero-zero, OE-CMV. [20 minutes later]
PILOT: Linz Radar, OE-CMV, level flight level nine thousand five hundred, abeam Salzburg, VFR, estimating Prague one-three-zero zero.
RADAR: OE-CMV, position acknowledged. Continue flight level nine thousand five hundred. Contact Vienna Approach on one-two-five decimal six-zero.
PILOT: Contact Vienna one-two-five decimal six-zero, OE-CMV. [Change frequency]
PILOT: Vienna Approach, OE-CMV, Cessna one-seven-two, abeam Salzburg, flight level nine thousand five hundred, destination Prague.
VIENNA: OE-CMV, Vienna Approach, good morning. Squawk two-three-zero-zero.
PILOT: Squawk two-three-zero-zero, OE-CMV.
VIENNA: OE-CMV, squawk ident.
PILOT: Ident, OE-CMV.
VIENNA: OE-CMV, radar contact. Continue flight level nine thousand five hundred. Traffic information: Boeing seven-three-seven, flight level one-one thousand, twelve miles ahead, eastbound.
PILOT: OE-CMV, NEGATIVE CONTACT on the traffic, will continue to look.
VIENNA: OE-CMV, ROGER. Advise when you have the traffic. [10 minutes later]
PILOT: Vienna Approach, OE-CMV, traffic in sight now.
VIENNA: OE-CMV, ROGER. Continue current flight level. [20 minutes later]
PILOT: Vienna Approach, OE-CMV, position report, three-five miles south of Vienna VOR, flight level nine thousand five hundred, VFR, estimating Prague one-three-zero zero.
VIENNA: OE-CMV, position acknowledged. Continue flight level nine thousand five hundred. Request radar service?
PILOT: Vienna, OE-CMV, AFFIRMATIVE, request radar service Brno area.
VIENNA: OE-CMV, radar service noted. Contact Brno Radar on one-two-zero decimal four-five-zero. Good day.
PILOT: Contact Brno one-two-zero decimal four-five-zero, OE-CMV. [Change frequency]
PILOT: Brno Radar, OE-CMV, Cessna one-seven-two, four-zero miles south of Vienna, flight level nine thousand five hundred, destination Prague.
BRNO: OE-CMV, Brno Radar, good morning. Squawk two-five-zero-zero.
PILOT: Squawk two-five-zero-zero, OE-CMV.
BRNO: OE-CMV, squawk ident.
PILOT: Ident, OE-CMV.
BRNO: OE-CMV, radar contact. Maintain flight level nine thousand five hundred. Traffic information: Airbus three-twenty, flight level eight thousand, eight miles ahead, same track.
PILOT: OE-CMV, NEGATIVE CONTACT, searching. [15 minutes later]
PILOT: Brno Radar, OE-CMV, position report, overhead Budweis, flight level nine thousand five hundred, VFR, estimating Prague one-two-forty-five.
BRNO: OE-CMV, position acknowledged. Continue current flight level. Contact Prague Approach on one-two-zero decimal zero-zero on transition into Prague.
PILOT: Contact Prague one-two-zero decimal zero-zero on transition, OE-CMV. [20 minutes later, approaching Prague]
PILOT: Brno Radar, OE-CMV, leaving controlled airspace, contacting Prague Approach.
BRNO: OE-CMV, good day. [Change frequency]
PILOT: Prague Approach, OE-CMV, Cessna one-seven-two, twenty miles south of Prague, flight level nine thousand five hundred, destination Prague.
PRAGUE: OE-CMV, Prague Approach, good morning. Descend flight level six thousand. Squawk three-four-five-six.
PILOT: Descend flight level six thousand, squawk three-four-five-six, OE-CMV.
PILOT: OE-CMV, leaving flight level nine thousand five hundred, descending flight level six thousand.
PRAGUE: OE-CMV, ROGER. [5 minutes later]
PILOT: OE-CMV, level flight level six thousand.
PRAGUE: OE-CMV, ROGER. Continue descent to three thousand five hundred on transition to tower. Contact Prague Tower on one-one-eight decimal one-zero.
PILOT: Descend three thousand five hundred, contact tower one-one-eight decimal one-zero, OE-CMV.
PILOT: OE-CMV, leaving flight level six thousand, descending three thousand five hundred.
PRAGUE: OE-CMV, ROGER. [Change frequency after a moment]
PILOT: Prague Tower, OE-CMV, Cessna one-seven-two, inbound for landing, three thousand five hundred feet, visual with runway two-four.
TOWER: OE-CMV, Prague Tower, wind two-seven-zero, ten knots, runway two-four, descend two thousand five hundred, join base leg.
PILOT: Descend two thousand five hundred, joining base, OE-CMV. [10 minutes later, after joining downwind]
PILOT: OE-CMV, downwind, runway two-four.
TOWER: OE-CMV, ROGER. Clear to land, runway two-four.
PILOT: Clear to land runway two-four, OE-CMV. [On short final]
PILOT: OE-CMV, short final, runway two-four.
TOWER: OE-CMV, ROGER. Landing approved. [After landing]
PILOT: Prague Tower, OE-CMV, on the ground, runway two-four.
TOWER: OE-CMV, turn right at next taxiway contact ground on one-two-one decimal nine-five.
PILOT: Right turn next taxiway, contact ground one-two-one decimal nine-five, OE-CMV. [Change frequency]
PILOT: Prague Ground, OE-CMV, exiting runway two-four, request taxi to parking.
GROUND: OE-CMV, taxi to apron one via taxiway bravo.
PILOT: Taxi via taxiway bravo to apron one, OE-CMV. [At parking]
PILOT: Prague Ground, OE-CMV, parked, stand three-seven. Closing flight plan Prague to Prague.
GROUND: OE-CMV, flight plan closed. Welcome to Prague, Cessna one-seven-two.
PILOT: Thank you, OE-CMV.