Originally Posted by N9373M

The 4 transponder digits are from 0-7, so 0479 is invalid. Just make the niner 7 or less. USMC, I've never heard flash, always ident, and I reply with the code and ident. I like it though and may try it! IFF (Identification, Friend or Foe) is the same as the squawk code.

Take out the "with you" part when talking to departure. That bugs a lot of pilots as unnecessary and unprofessional. It wastes precious radio frequency time and is redundant.

For a US departure you would talk to:

ATIS (automated terminal information service) - local radio station broadcasting constant weather info for that particular airport. Pilots just listen as it the frees up the same info being transmitted repeatedly to each departing (or arriving) flight. Often called "the numbers", although it's really identified with a letter, as in, Dulles Clearance, Mooney N9373M instruments to Charlie Alpha Echo (my destination airport CAE),with Bravo. Where Bravo is the current weather from ATIS.

Clearance Delivery to get your flight plan approved (cleared as filed, or an amended routing) and what runway and departure procedure to expect.

Ground Control - to taxi to the appropriate runway. "Taxi to runway 33, via Alpha, Delta, and Whiskey. where Alpha, Delta and Whiskey are the taxiways.

Tower - to receive take off clearance.

Departure - once airborne

In the US next would be "Center". The international airline guys are the experts here - I'm a US private pilot.

I'm not sure if the actually say "feet" as in "climb and maintain 4000 feet", it would just be "climb and maintain 4000". Again brevity is key for congested radio frequencies. MAYBE they do use it "over there" to distinguish between feet and meters. Again a real international guy would be able to answer that.

Good Luck!