Lesson 1: Radiotelephony and the NATO alphabet

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Radiotelephony 

Lesson goals

• Learn about past perfect simple and past perfect continuous.
•  Learn about the NATO-Alphabet and how to apply it.

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Learning objectives 

•  After this lesson, you can pronounce the letters of the alphabet and NATO-alphabet and know the NATO-alphabet (international telephoning alphabet) by heart. (international telephoning alphabet) correctly.
• After the lesson, you know the common phrases in radio telephony
• After the lesson, you know the basic communication procedure for radio telephony

Ways to communicate

• Keep message as short as possible
  
• Speak clearly
  
• Write down what you are going to say in advance
  
• NATO alphabet
  
• Numbers
• Prowords = procedural words
• <C>ABCDE
  
• MISTAT

Who do you contact first before departure?

What is the purpose of the Ground control?

How many types of controllers are there, and what are their names?

Based on the video, air traffic control is divided into three types. Name them?

ATC communication controllers

There are six controllers in total, and these are:

1. Apron control

2. Ground control

3. Local control

4. Departure control (departure point)

5. Approach control (destination point)

6. Area control (around the world)

Transmitting technique

Common phrases and terminology

Common phrases and terminology

Spelling: Learn to spell like a boss!

Have you ever watched an action film where you heard words such as : Alpha, Bravo, Charlie? This is a spelling alphabet used in international telephone traffic and used by the military. Spelling is an important skill. Sometimes when words are spelled on the phone. It is very hard to distinguish between the different sounds. To avoid mix-ups, we use this Telephoning/NATO Alphabet. In British English, you have to use this alphabet, as follows:

 “A for Alpha”, B for Bravo, etc …

 

NATO - Alphabet

NATO-alphabet

The Nato-alphabet is internationally used to spell words.

Prior to WW1, this alphabet was created to support long distance communications!

Communication took place in the form of spelling. For example, if the message was: Twente 

Then the following must happen:

Tango- Whiskey- Sierra - Tango

When was the NATO alphabet created?

1. 1957
2. 1947
3. 1932
4. 1927

Why was it created? What was its purpose?

1. It was developed to send hidden messages behind enemy lines
2. It was developed to improve communication on low-quality and long-distance telephone circuits.

Pronunciation 

                                                  Nato- alphabet 

A - Alpha       G - Golf      M - Mike              S - Sierra        Y - Yankee

B - Bravo       H - Hotel   N - November  T - Tango        Z - Zulu

C - Charlie     I - India     O - Oscar            U - Uniform

D - Delta        J - Juliet    P - Papa              V - Victor

E - Echo         K - Kilo       Q - Quebec       W - Whiskey

F - Foxtrot     L - Lima     R - Romeo         X - X-ray

Name some example of where they use NATO-ALPHABET

NATO PHONETIC NUMBERS

Exercise 1- Military Alphabet

What do you know about the Nato Alphabet?

• Exercise 1: Write down the words for each letter of the alphabet
  

 

Let's practice 

In the following exercise, we're going to slowly practice the use of NATO alphabet, and it is going to be divided in levels.

• Easy mode
• Normal mode
• Hard mode

Which ship do you mean?

- Form pairs

- One of you picks a ship from the list on the screen

- Spell the type of ship using the NATO spelling alphabet. 

- The partner listens, lets you finish spelling, and then confirms which ship you spelled.

- Switch turns, spell at least 3 ship types each.

- Done? Try playing the game with drone names. Spell it for your partner to decipher. Those with most points win! 

Example

When the drone ____________ (fly) for two hours, it ran out of battery.

1. had been flying
2. was flying
3. had flown
4. was flown

By the time the rescue team arrived, the drone ____________ (search) for the missing hiker for over three hours.

1. was searching
2. had been searching
3. had searched
4. searched

The drone pilot ____________ (use) the NATO Alphabet to communicate clearly during the mission.

1. was using
2. has used
3. used
4. had used

Before the storm hit, the drone ____________ (monitor) the area for any signs of wildlife.

1. had been monitoring
2. monitored
3. was monitoring
4. had monitored

The pilot realized that the drone ____________ (not/record) any footage during the power outage.

1. had not been recording
2. was not recording
3. did not record
4. had not recorded

Listening exercise - NATO

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