Clearence available upon request

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:

"Jeff" wrote in message ...

This one kinda stumps me everytime I am told this.
Call tower, request your IFR clearence, they tell you "taxi to runway
xxx - clearence available upon request"

what I always do is just read back the taxi instructions and wait for
them to call me back with the clearence. I guess I dont understand why
they say "available upon request" when I just requested it.

Am I handling it the right way?


Are you sure they're saying "clearence available upon request" and not
"clearance on request"?

Experience and context has told us that "clearance on request" means the tower
has requested it, but it hasn't come through yet. Having said that, in plain
English it means they have the clearance whenever he would like to request it.

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Experience and context has told us that "clearance on request" means the
tower
has requested it, but it hasn't come through yet. Having said that, in
plain
English it means they have the clearance whenever he would like to request
it.


An odd response to a request for a clearance. "Clearance on request" means
they don't have it at present, if they had it they wouldn't have to request
it.

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Are you sure they're saying "clearence available upon request" and not
"clearance on request"?

Experience and context has told us that "clearance on request" means the
tower
has requested it, but it hasn't come through yet. Having said that, in
plain
English it means they have the clearance whenever he would like to request
it.

Well, plain English would be "Clearance RequesTED".

"Tom S." wrote:

wrote in message
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Are you sure they're saying "clearence available upon request" and not
"clearance on request"?

Experience and context has told us that "clearance on request" means the
tower
has requested it, but it hasn't come through yet. Having said that, in
plain
English it means they have the clearance whenever he would like to request
it.

Well, plain English would be "Clearance RequesTED".

That would be the bestest. ;-)

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"Tom S." wrote:

wrote in message
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Are you sure they're saying "clearence available upon request" and
not
"clearance on request"?

Experience and context has told us that "clearance on request" means
the
tower
has requested it, but it hasn't come through yet. Having said that,
in
plain
English it means they have the clearance whenever he would like to
request
it.

Well, plain English would be "Clearance RequesTED".

That would be the bestest. ;-)

Definitely it's more better!

"Jeff" wrote in message


This one kinda stumps me everytime I am told this.
Call tower, request your IFR clearence, they tell you "taxi to runway
xxx - clearence available upon request"

I just had this happen to me this weekend. Check it out in the "Departing
HGR" video:
http://tknowlogy.com/TknoFlyer/flights.asp#031115

--
John T
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In article om, John
T wrote:

I just had this happen to me this weekend. Check it out in the "Departing
HGR" video:
http://tknowlogy.com/TknoFlyer/flights.asp#031115

Jeff, I receive audio only using Windows Media Player.
(The audio is excellent... I can hear alternator whine, strobes, navaid
id's in the background.)

"EDR" wrote in message


Jeff, I receive audio only using Windows Media Player.
(The audio is excellent... I can hear alternator whine, strobes,
navaid id's in the background.)

What version of WMP are you using? The video was encoded using
WinMediaEncoder 9.

--
John T
http://tknowlogy.com/tknoFlyer
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