Exercise G · RT practice for UK pilots
Conditional & non-standard
Conditional clearances, Special VFR, level changes and diversions.
5 prompts, worked here at Norwich (EGSH). In the app the same prompts use your own home aerodrome and callsign.
The calls in this exercise
Prompt 1 of 5
Norwich Tower clears you: "G-ABCD, behind the departing Cessna, line up and wait runway 09, behind." Read it back.
The point to get right: Conditional clearance — the condition comes FIRST in your read-back, and is repeated at the end, e.g. 'Behind the departing Cessna, line up and wait runway 09 behind, G-ABCD'. (CAP 413 Ed 24 §4.33.)Prompt 2 of 5
The weather is below VMC for a normal transit and you need to cross the control zone. You are G-ABCD, 5 miles north of the zone boundary at altitude 1200 feet, routing to your next reporting point. Make the call.
The point to get right: Request 'Special VFR'. SVFR is a clearance to operate in a control zone in marginal conditions; read back the clearance, level and route.Prompt 3 of 5
Norwich Radar instructs you: "G-ABCD, squawk 6171, climb altitude 3000 feet, QNH 1013." Read it back.
The point to get right: Mandatory readbacks: the squawk, the level instruction and the QNH. Say 'hectopascals' after the value whenever it is below 1000 (CAP 413 Ed 24 §3.4) — the pressure above is today's real one, so check before you read it back.Prompt 4 of 5
You have become temporarily uncertain of your position. You are G-ABCD working Norwich Radar. Make an appropriate call.
The point to get right: Not yet a PAN: state you are 'uncertain of your position' and request assistance (e.g. a position fix or a QDM). Escalate to PAN-PAN if it becomes urgent.Prompt 5 of 5
Your destination has just closed and you must divert. You are G-ABCD working an approach unit. Make the call.
The point to get right: State your intentions clearly — diverting to <alternate>, request a frequency change to that field's frequency. Keep ATC informed.
Now say them to a controller
Push-to-talk, at your own aerodrome. The AI controller answers and the grader tells you what CAP 413 says about each call.
Prompts and notes are written in our own words against CAP 413 (Edition 24) and the UK AIP. Frequencies are for training only. Practice aid only — not the official FRTOL test and not a guaranteed pass. Always defer to CAP 413, your instructor or examiner and the CAA; check the current UK AIP before flying.