approach control

On my flight back from Michigan tonight I was on flight following and near Midway I was treated to an interesting exchange btw chi-approach and a 172 pilot. The pilot decided that of all times to do a joy ride touch-and-go into MDW, he would do it near peak traffic times for the airport. The...

There pretty much wasn't one today while doing LOC 2 approach at KLOT. My CFII had to ask to talk to KLOT tower after we were well into the delta airspace and on about a 2.5m final. Approach told us, literally, "yeah... Sure...". Well, LOT tower didn't know where we were lol. Quite different...

Hi, In US airspace, when asked by an Approach Controller for a “Radio Check” what an appropriate response? The response I heard was “... Loud and Clear”. In Australia where I am that would not be correct. We use a 1 to 5 scale so the correct response would be, “... reading you 5”. Is there...