Short lessons, in the order you fly.
Drills for the building blocks, radio lessons for each phase of flight, and checkrides in Exam. All on a fictional practice airfield and its airspace.
The flight plan
Ten sections, from the spelling alphabet to a full cross-country. Live lessons open in order; the rest are marked Coming soon until the engine can check every readback in them.
46 of 46 lessons live today. The rest are on the route, marked, and open the day the engine can check every readback in them.
- 9 of 9 live
Foundations
Callsigns, the spelling alphabet, numbers, key words and what you must always read back.
1.1Callsigns Foundations
- 1.1.1Callsign rules · Micro-drillLive
1.2Phonetic alphabet Foundations
- 1.2.1Spell it · Micro-drillLive
1.3Numbers Foundations
- 1.3.1Frequencies · Micro-drillLive
- 1.3.2Altitudes and flight levels · Micro-drillLive
- 1.3.3Headings and runways · Micro-drillLive
- 1.3.4QNH and squawk · Micro-drillLive
- 1.3.5Say it: number sprint · ScenarioLive
1.4Key words Foundations
- 1.4.1Roger, wilco, affirm · Micro-drillLive
1.5What must be read back Foundations
- 1.5.1Read back or acknowledge? · Micro-drillLive
- 12 of 12 live
Controlled aerodrome
Ground and Tower at a controlled field: from the ATIS to vacating the runway.
2.1ATIS and departure clearance Single exchanges
- 2.1.1First contact and departure clearance · ScenarioLive
2.2Radio check and start-up Single exchanges
- 2.2.1Radio check and start-up · ScenarioLive
2.3Taxi Single exchanges
- 2.3.1Taxi to the holding point · ScenarioLive
- 2.3.2Spot the error: Ground · Micro-drillLive
2.4Runway crossing and handoff Full phase of flight
- 2.4.1Runway crossing and Tower handoff · ScenarioLive
2.5Line-up, take-off and CTR exit Full phase of flight
- 2.5.1Tower departure · ScenarioLive
- 2.5.2Spot the error: Tower · Micro-drillLive
2.6The circuit, landing and vacating Full phase of flight
- 2.6.1Circuits · ScenarioLive
- 2.6.2Circuits on a busy frequency · ScenarioLive
2.7Go-around Full phase of flight
- 2.7.1Go-around · ScenarioLive
2.8Controlled aerodrome checkrides Checkride
- 2.8.1Ground checkride · CheckrideLive
- 2.8.2Local flight checkride · CheckrideLive
- 3 of 3 live
AFIS and radio aerodromes
Strejnic- and Ilfoveni-type fields: information, not clearances. You decide and announce.
3.1Departure (Strejnic-type) Single exchanges
- 3.1.1Departure with airfield information · ScenarioLive
3.2Arrival (Ilfoveni-type) Full phase of flight
- 3.2.1Overhead join and landing · ScenarioLive
3.3Circuit with AFIS Full phase of flight
- 3.3.1"Runway free" circuits · ScenarioLive
- 3 of 3 live
Uncontrolled aerodromes
No one on the ground: announce your position and intentions, and talk directly to other pilots.
4.1Self-announce departure Single exchanges
- 4.1.1Taxiing, lining up, departing · ScenarioLive
4.2Self-announce arrival Full phase of flight
- 4.2.110 miles to runway vacated · ScenarioLive
4.3Pilot-to-pilot coordination Busy frequency
- 4.3.1Sorting out the circuit · ScenarioLive
- 5 of 5 live
CTR and TMA
Controlled airspace: the PPPIIR first call, entry, transit, restrictions and Special VFR.
5.1First call and zone transit Full phase of flight
- 5.1.1PPPIIR and zone transit · ScenarioLive
- 5.1.2Spot the error: controlled airspace · Micro-drillLive
5.2Entry for landing Full phase of flight
- 5.2.1VFR arrival · ScenarioLive
5.3Refusals and restrictions Busy frequency
- 5.3.1"Unable" and an alternative clearance · ScenarioLive
5.4Special VFR Busy frequency
- 5.4.1Special VFR into the CTR · ScenarioLive
- 3 of 3 live
Flight information
An information service: first contact, flight plans, position reports, requests and transfers.
6.1First contact and position reports Full phase of flight
- 6.1.1Flight information service · ScenarioLive
6.2Information requests Full phase of flight
- 6.2.1Weather, QNH and frequencies · ScenarioLive
6.3Sector transfer and closing the plan Full phase of flight
- 6.3.1Transfer and cancel · ScenarioLive
- 2 of 2 live
International VFR
Crossing an FIR boundary: Bucharest Information to Budapest Information to Szeged.
7.1FIR transitions Busy frequency
- 7.1.1Across the FIR boundary · ScenarioLive
7.2Neighbouring FIR callsigns Single exchanges
- 7.2.1Who to call next door · Micro-drillLive
- 3 of 3 live
Transponder, traffic and weather
Squawk instructions, traffic information, and keeping VMC.
8.1Transponder instructions Single exchanges
- 8.1.1Squawk, ident, Charlie · ScenarioLive
8.2Traffic information Full phase of flight
- 8.2.1Looking out, traffic in sight · ScenarioLive
8.3Weather and VMC Full phase of flight
- 8.3.1Unable VMC · ScenarioLive
- 5 of 5 live
Abnormal and emergency
Lost, MAYDAY, PAN PAN, lost communications and interception.
9.1Lost orientation Busy frequency
- 9.1.1Uncertain of position · ScenarioLive
9.2MAYDAY and PAN PAN Busy frequency
- 9.2.1MAYDAY · ScenarioLive
- 9.2.2PAN PAN · ScenarioLive
9.3Lost communications Busy frequency
- 9.3.1Transmitting blind · ScenarioLive
9.4Interception Busy frequency
- 9.4.1Intercepted · Micro-drillLive
- 1 of 1 live
Capstone
The whole flight on the corpus's Strejnic-to-Cluj pattern: an AFIS departure, flight information en route, the arrival to a controlled field, landing and taxi in.
10.1The whole flight Checkride
- 10.1.1Elmwood to the training field · CheckrideLive
Frequencies, points and altitudes in lessons are training data, not for real-world navigation. Training only; not approved flight training.
How a lesson runs
Each run generates a fresh exercise from a seed, so you practise the calls, not a memorised script. You choose how much help you get.
- Guided
- What to include in each call, what the controller will do next, an example wording, and hints when you need them.
- Standard
- Short prompts. What to include, then hints, appear only after a missed call.
- Exam
- No call prompts or hints. The controller's words still appear in the radio log.
Whatever the level, the check is the same: fixed rules mark each required element of your readback. Support changes the prompts, never what counts as correct.
What it is based on
The exercises use an ICAO-based European training convention on a fictional practice airfield. The checks are traced to published EU rules of the air; where an exercise is stricter than the rule, it says it is a training convention.
The content and that tracing have not yet been independently reviewed by an aviation specialist. It is practice for the radio, not a reference for real operations, and it does not replace your instructor or your school's procedures.