Lesson 4 of 8 — Module 3: Building a radio call

Pass your message — CARPAI

The fuller report when a unit says “pass your message”: Callsign, Aircraft type, Route, Position, Altitude (& QNH), Intentions — and how it differs from an initial call.

Listen to this lesson (~1 min)

Pass your message — CARPAI — narrated, hands-free

Pass your message — CARPAI

The fuller report you give when a unit answers your initial call with “pass your message”. It repeats your callsign and adds route, altitude with the pressure setting, and your intentions.

CARPAIYour details when a station says “pass your message”.

CCallsign
AAircraft type
RRoute (departure → destination)
PPosition
AAltitude & QNH
IIntentions / info (VFR, routing, request)

G-ABCD, Cessna 152, Leicester to East Midlands, overhead Syston, 1900FT, QNH 1000, VFR routing via Shepshed Lane

Practise & test

Practise: Exercise A: Requests5 graded calls · spoken or typed, marked against CAP 413

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Next lesson: Position reports — CPTANE →

Study aid only — always defer to CAP 413 and current official publications, and to your instructor and examiner.

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Lesson 4 of 8 — Module 3: Building a radio call

Pass your message — CARPAI

The fuller report when a unit says “pass your message”: Callsign, Aircraft type, Route, Position, Altitude (& QNH), Intentions — and how it differs from an initial call.

Listen to this lesson (~1 min)

Pass your message — CARPAI — narrated, hands-free

Pass your message — CARPAI

The fuller report you give when a unit answers your initial call with “pass your message”. It repeats your callsign and adds route, altitude with the pressure setting, and your intentions.

CARPAIYour details when a station says “pass your message”.

CCallsign
AAircraft type
RRoute (departure → destination)
PPosition
AAltitude & QNH
IIntentions / info (VFR, routing, request)

G-ABCD, Cessna 152, Leicester to East Midlands, overhead Syston, 1900FT, QNH 1000, VFR routing via Shepshed Lane

Practise & test

Practise: Exercise A: Requests5 graded calls · spoken or typed, marked against CAP 413

Finished this lesson?

Next lesson: Position reports — CPTANE →

Study aid only — always defer to CAP 413 and current official publications, and to your instructor and examiner.