Radio training that talks back

Most radio training is a book, a video or a list of phrases. TowerTalk is a controller: pick a real US airport, key the mic, and an AI Ground, Tower, Approach or CTAF answers what you actually said. Then the grader tells you what the FAA Aeronautical Information Manual says about each call, paragraph by paragraph.

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A course, not a phrase list

Twenty-six lessons in seven modules, from the phonetic alphabet to a full VFR flight, each with reading from the study library and a graded exercise to practice.

Sixty graded exercises

Initial contact, readbacks, reports, emergencies, airspace, the pattern, flight following, Class B, C and D, arrivals, the CTAF and numbers. Every call graded with its AIM paragraph.

Your airport, today's weather

Any of 4,715 public-use airports with its real frequencies, the current METAR and altimeter, and the real ADS-B traffic nearby, where available.

A checkride-style radio check

A full VFR flight from the ramp to the tie-down, every call graded, with a report of what a designated pilot examiner would have noticed.

How it works

1
Read the card
A short study card with the AIM paragraph.
2
Make the call
Push-to-talk to the AI controller at your airport.
3
Hear the answer
It responds to what you said and moves the situation on.
4
Read the grade
What was right, what was wrong, and where the AIM says so.

Frequently asked

Is this for student pilots or certificated pilots?

Both. Student pilots use the course and exercises in order; certificated pilots who are rusty go straight to the scenarios, journeys and the radio check.

Does it teach FAA phraseology?

Yes. On the US standard everything is written from the FAA AIM, the Pilot/Controller Glossary and Order JO 7110.65, with paragraph references. TowerTalk is not FAA approved; those documents, your instructor and your examiner are the authorities.

Do I need a headset?

No. A microphone is all it takes: a laptop, a phone or a headset all work. It is voice over push-to-talk, so you practice actually saying the calls.

Is it free to try?

Yes. The radio check needs no account. A free account gives you the study library, the free assessment across every exercise and one free mock exam.

Make your first call somewhere it doesn't matter

Free to start. Hear how a real facility answers, and find out what to fix before a real controller does.

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