Sun Apr 22, 2018 1:11 am
#1606283
Hi all,
flying back from Weybourne via a nice coastal route, down to Gt Yarmouth before going cross country I was talking to Norwich on a traffic service, outside their airspace, but conscious of it (I don’t usually ask for a traffic service)
Controller asks me a question in phraseology I’ve not heard before (can’t remember what it was exactly)
Having always been taught to drop to plain English, I asked him to say again to confirm to me I really didn’t know and then said
“sorry, I don’t understand, G-NN”
Chap did then say to me
“It means what is the max height you’re going to fly up to”
a) Is there a better way to say “sorry, I don’t understand” ?
b) anyone know what he would have asked ?
c) Odd question for Class G airspace outside his controlled airspace ? (I presume he was checking I’d not conflict with something he was controlling? But I was in Class G)
(Skygods: No, nor do I usually, but I’m a relatively new pilot who’s expanding his horizons, 1 step at a time)
flying back from Weybourne via a nice coastal route, down to Gt Yarmouth before going cross country I was talking to Norwich on a traffic service, outside their airspace, but conscious of it (I don’t usually ask for a traffic service)
Controller asks me a question in phraseology I’ve not heard before (can’t remember what it was exactly)
Having always been taught to drop to plain English, I asked him to say again to confirm to me I really didn’t know and then said
“sorry, I don’t understand, G-NN”
Chap did then say to me
“It means what is the max height you’re going to fly up to”
a) Is there a better way to say “sorry, I don’t understand” ?
b) anyone know what he would have asked ?
c) Odd question for Class G airspace outside his controlled airspace ? (I presume he was checking I’d not conflict with something he was controlling? But I was in Class G)
(Skygods: No, nor do I usually, but I’m a relatively new pilot who’s expanding his horizons, 1 step at a time)