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(SDAM) Aviation Alphabet PDF

Pilots use a standardized aviation alphabet when communicating by radio to avoid confusion between similar-sounding letters. This alphabet substitutes code words like "November" for letters like "N" to help air traffic controllers correctly understand pilot transmissions. The document provides an example of a pilot identifying his aircraft as "November-Three-Niner-Seven-Seven-Charlie" and notes that "niner" is used instead of "nine" due to potential confusion. It also includes the full aviation alphabet and suggests encoding names and sentences using the code words.

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(SDAM) Aviation Alphabet PDF

Pilots use a standardized aviation alphabet when communicating by radio to avoid confusion between similar-sounding letters. This alphabet substitutes code words like "November" for letters like "N" to help air traffic controllers correctly understand pilot transmissions. The document provides an example of a pilot identifying his aircraft as "November-Three-Niner-Seven-Seven-Charlie" and notes that "niner" is used instead of "nine" due to potential confusion. It also includes the full aviation alphabet and suggests encoding names and sentences using the code words.

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AVIATION ALPHABET

When pilots talk on the radio, they want to make sure their message is understood.
Because some letters of the alphabet sound the same (such as M and N or B, C, D, E,
G, P, T and V), they sometimes use this "aviation alphabet" to make sure the person to
whom they are talking hears them correctly. The pilot of the Boeing 247 pictured
here, for instance, would call the control tower at San Diego's Lindbergh Field by
saying "Lindbergh tower, this is November-Three-Niner-Seven-Seven-Charlie." No-
tice the pilot said "niner" instead of "nine." Pilots do this because "nine" might sound
like "five" over the radio. The number 9 is the only number that is spoken differ-
ently.
" . . . NOVEMBER-THREE-NINER-SEVEN-SEVEN-CHARLIE."
Can you spell your name using the aviation alphabet? Try a friend's name.
Write a short sentence using the aviation alphabet, then read it to a partner.
See if your partner can understand what you are saying.
Example: "I am hungry": India Alpha-Mike Hotel-Uniform-November-
Golf-Romeo-Yankee.
A Alpha N November
B Bravo O Oscar
C Charlie P Papa
D Delta Q Quebec
E Echo R Romeo
F Foxtrot S Sierra
G Golf T Tango
H Hotel U Uniform
I India V Victor
J Juliet W Whiskey
K Kilo X X-Ray
L Lima Y Yankee
M Mike Z Zulu
San Diego Aerospace Museum
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