TowerTalkAI radio training for student pilots
Sound confident before you press the transmit button.
Real airfields. Live weather. Correct frequencies. An AI controller that talks back — and tells you where your phraseology drifts from CAP 413.
Free to start · Built for UK student pilots · CAP 413-first training
Everything you need to master the radio
Learn it, practise it live, and prove it — all in one place.
Guided course
New here? Follow the step-by-step path — read, practise with the AI, then test — module by module.
Virtual ATC
Practise with a simulated controller at a real UK airfield, using live weather and runway in use right now — free.
Graded exercises
Requests, Readbacks, Reports and Risks — work through each with the AI controller and instant CAP 413 feedback.
Flight scenarios
Fly engine failures, forced landings and circuits on a working instrument panel — make the right call from the dials.
Mock FRTOL exam
Sit the full practical under exam conditions — graded on CAP 413 with a pass/fail report and the calls you missed.
Live rooms
Push-to-talk rooms with an AI controller, a friend or your instructor — several people on the frequency at once, like a real busy radio.
How it works
- 1
Learn the phraseology
Short, plain-English revision — call formats, readbacks, reports and emergencies.
- 2
Practise it live
Make real calls to the AI controller by voice. It reacts like a real station and grades every transmission.
- 3
Prove you're ready
Sit a full mock exam, track your progress, and book a verified examiner when you're ready for the real thing.
Why not just read CAP 413?
CAP 413 is the essential reference — you should absolutely know it. But reading phraseology and saying it under pressure are two different skills. TowerTalk is the practical layer on top: where you actually practise the calls, out loud, until they're second nature.
The official reference
CAP 413
- The authoritative UK RT manual — every standard call and readback
- Essential reading you'll always come back to
- Read it on the page — there's no one to talk to
- No controller to respond to your calls
- No instant feedback when your phraseology slips
- No scoring, no readback marking, no debrief
The practical layer on top
TowerTalk
- An AI controller that talks back in real time, on live airfield weather
- Realistic UK scenarios — circuits, joins, MATZ, LARS, emergencies
- Instant phraseology correction the moment you key the mic
- Readback scoring, the way an examiner would mark it
- Every correction backed by CAP 413, so you learn the why
- Flight Radio Debriefs, a training logbook and mock-exam prep
Keep CAP 413 to hand — TowerTalk is built to get you fluent in it.
What makes TowerTalk different
A live, shared frequency — not flashcards
Practise on a real-feeling busy frequency with an AI controller and other pilots on at the same time, over push-to-talk. Flashcard apps and one-to-one trainers can't simulate a live frequency the way TowerTalk does.
Everything, end to end
Learn, practise with graded AI feedback, sit a full mock FRTOL exam, then find and book a verified examiner — all in one place. Most tools only do one piece.
UK, ICAO and US — in one app
Switch standard and the AI controller, grading and content all follow CAP 413, ICAO or US/FAA phraseology. Train for the airspace you actually fly in.
Built for pilots and controllers
Practise either side of the radio, with realistic frequencies, live traffic and weather, and feedback that's specific to what you got right and wrong.
For flight schools and instructors
Give students structured RT practice outside the cockpit. Track progress, assign scenarios, identify weak areas and prepare students for FRTOL-style radio calls.
Student progress tracking
See every student's scores and weak areas at a glance.
Assignable RT scenarios
Set the exact scenarios a student or class should practise next.
Mock FRTOL preparation
Full mock practical exams to CAP 413, so students arrive ready.
Start free. Go unlimited when you're ready.
Try the AI controller and graded practice for free. TowerTalk Plus unlocks unlimited graded sessions, mock exams and every tool.
Important
TowerTalk is a study aid for radio practice. Always defer to CAP 413 and the current official publications — it does not replace your instructor, examiner or the CAA. Any readiness figure is an exam readiness estimate, not a guaranteed pass, and TowerTalk is not CAA approved.