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Thank you. I'm looking at the links now.

Thanks for the tip. I did a search through the manuscript and found one instance where I had used the term tarmac. I changed it.

I agree. As soon as the dialogue is complete, I'll find a pilot to validate the correctness of the dialogue. Right now, I'm want to understand the environment well enough so I don't end up writing pages that I will have to throw out and rewrite.

Thank you. When I roughed out the plot at the start of this project, one of my characters was an air force pilot. I wrote to the air force to ask them about duties, ranks, protocols and other advice. I received a phone call from a representative who gave me a lot of valuable information. At...

Thank you. After doing extensive research into a book's subject matter, I still realize that I cannot possibly get everything right. I try to find/hire people who do have expertise in the fields in which I am ignorant and ask them to read the areas I have written for which I need technical...

Thank you. I found it on Amazon and will download the Kindle version.

Thank you. I hope to have it finished in January and handed to my editor, a copyedit done by February, and pitch it to agents of the "big five" in the spring in New York. The publisher has the choice of title and cover design. While I am writing, I use "working titles" for functionality of...

When ATF gives flight altitude instructions, is it always in metres or feet in the US?

Thank you. That gives me what I need to know. That's interesting about the use of "Over". It is quite standard in nautical communication, so I assumed it would be similar in aviation. This link: http://www.pilotage.com/student/radio.htm shows it in use and it looks official, yet when I...

For clarity, in my example here in this forum, I used FedEx, however in my book, I have invented a fictitious company. I do want my book to be technically correct, so I would like to use call signs that would be consistent with those used by any freighting company.

Thank you all. You have been a great help. I also found this link which is useful: http://www.pilotage.com/student/radio.htm

Thank you, Rich.

What about range? Would an aircraft flying from Minneapolis to Dulles always have a connection to an ATC? somewhere? Another question I have is related to nomenclature. What is the most common usage of the word to describe those metal things in which you fly: plane - airplane - aeroplane -...

The best I have been able to glean is listening to real life situations posted on YouTube. Thank you. This is a big help.

Thank you. I know that when the book is published, if I don't have these technicalities correct, pilots such as yourselves with rightly be scornful. To refine one of my questions, is PAN PAN used in aircraft communications, and if so, what are the criteria by which it is used?

I am a writer completing a fictional novel that involves my characters in an MD-11F on a flight from Minneapolis to Washington Dulles airport. The pilot needs to contact an ATC while somewhere over Cleveland, Ohio, then later while over Pittsburgh, and later approaching Dulles. Here are my...