Hanscom Field to Norwood Memorial
Hanscom Field (KBED) → Norwood Memorial (KOWD)
Flying a Cessna 172
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Route — where to say what
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Hanscom Ground 121.7
Get the ATIS on 124.6, call Ground with your position and the ATIS letter, request taxi for a VFR departure to Norwood Memorial, and read back the runway and any hold-short instruction.
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Hanscom Tower 118.5
Tell the tower you are holding short and ready for departure, read back "line up and wait" or "cleared for takeoff" with the runway, and leave the Class D with a frequency change to Boston Approach.
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Boston Approach 124.4
Request VFR flight following to Norwood Memorial: identification, type, position, altitude, destination. Read back the squawk, ident when asked, acknowledge "radar contact" and the altimeter, and answer any traffic with "traffic in sight" or "negative contact".
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Norwood Tower 126.0
Call the tower about 15 miles out with the ATIS letter, read back the pattern entry and runway, report as instructed, read back "cleared to land" with the runway, exit the runway and contact Ground when told.
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Current leg
Hanscom Ground · 121.7Get the ATIS on 124.6, call Ground with your position and the ATIS letter, request taxi for a VFR departure to Norwood Memorial, and read back the runway and any hold-short instruction.
You're on the ramp at Hanscom Field. Listen to the ATIS, then call Hanscom Ground: identification, position, "with Information (letter)", request taxi VFR to Norwood Memorial.
Make your first call to Hanscom Ground to begin the flight.
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Practice aid only — not the checkride and not a guaranteed pass. Always defer to the FAA AIM, your instructor or examiner and the FAA. Frequencies and details are indicative for practice — check the current Chart Supplement and NOTAMs before flying. Not for operational use.