The "Bush company"? That's a hole! Frankly I prefer F Street Station in Anchorage. And I NEVER eat any of that cheese on the counter...

Anyway, I've received a few emails stating that people couldn't open that link I posted. Here's the whole page that "Thumper", a pilot at Kalitta Air posted. Kalitta Air's radio call sign is "Connie", after the 70 year-old drag-racer owner who walks around with his butt crack exposed~

TALK, RUSSIA

Entering Russian boundary:
• Connie 820, estimating boundary fix, @ 1500, FL 9,100 meters, landing UHHH, alternate UHWW, 4 soles on board, in contact with Harbin.
o Clearance must be received at least 10 minutes prior to boundary.
o If adjacent controller is in contact with Russia, requesting clearance on the #2 radio with Russia is not necessary. The clearance will be coordinated as a controller to controller hand-off.
o Changing FL’s, feet to meters must be completed 16 nm prior to boundary.

Below FL 98 (9,800 feet) limit is 270 kts and 3,000 fpm.

Approach/Radar controller:
• Connie 820, Arguk 2S arrival, ILS 23L, IMC/VMC, request QNH, ATIS “A”.
(IMC/VMC, must report weather phenomena if any)
• Connie 820, switching to QNH.
(Passing transition level)

Tower controller:
• Connie 820, ILS 23L, IMC/VMC, ATIS “A”.
(IMC/VMC, must report weather phenomena if any)

Maneuvering for descent approach and landing:
• Mandatory reports:
o Leaving or reaching an altitude.
o Turns.
o Intercepting, final approach.
o Intercepting, glide slope.
o “Landing gear down, ready to land”.

Ground controller, departure:
• Connie 820, ready for taxi, request QNH.

Tower controller, departure:
• Connie 820, ready for takeoff, request QNH.

Exiting Russian boundary:
• Overhead boundary fix, normal position report exiting Russian airspace.
o Must get approval to terminate Russian communication exiting boundary fix.

• Beijing, ZBAA is very close to the Great Wall of China. If you can see ZBAA, you can see the Great Wall.

QFE = Field Elevation, (altimeter reads zero on the airport).
QNH = Normal Home, (local altimeter, MSL).
QNE = Normal Enroute, (29.92).

Enroute emergency:
• 30 deg. right turn.
• Descend.
• Offset, and parallel course by at least 10.8 nm.

3,000 mountainous.
2,000 non-mountainous.

• OCH, Obstacle clearance height.
o No published airport minimums.
o Add the OCH to the TDZE to find obstacle height in MSL.

• Outer marker and middle marker are white.

• Wind speed in meters per second x 2 = knots.

N!