Sentence examples for clearance from the tower from inspiring English sources

Now, for example, pilots must wait for clearance from the tower before they take off.

Altman was given clearance from the tower at Teterboro Airport in Teterboro, New Jersey at 11 48 a.m. to take off.

Get takeoff clearance from the tower and departure request: Use the same three part format, so this call will sound something like: "North Detroit tower, Cessna 123, Number 1 holding short of runway 32 ready for departure".

Obtain takeoff clearance from the tower or announce your intentions on the Common Traffic Advisory Frequency CTAFF), taxi onto the runway and align the plane with the center-line.

At larger airports, pilots receive their flight plan clearances from a "clearance delivery" frequency, communicate on taxiways with a "ground" frequency, and get takeoff and landing clearance from the "tower" frequency.

The Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday suspended the air traffic controller who was on duty when two passenger jets landed at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport without clearance or guidance from the tower.

Get taxi clearance from tower (also on the chart).

The last tower is the cannon tower.

Such a configuration also increases the rated clearance distance between the rotor and the tower since wind loads push the blades further from the tower.

Amazingly, none of the towers required city permission (although they did require clearance from the Federal Aviation Administration, given Manhattan's proximity to three airports).

Orbiting somewhere over the Bay Area, you and the 117-foot wide aircraft supporting you are waiting for clearance from the ruler of the airspace  you're inhabiting – the air traffic control tower.