Cockpit Takeoff RIC Airport - How to Depart Class a Class C Airport/Airspace

martinsaviation.blogspot.com/ My first flight into a Class C Airport/Airspace, Richmond International Airport. (flying Tecnam P92 Eaglet N16HV) This video shows all of the major radio calls between my plane and ATC during our flight. In-between the calls, the flight video is time-lapsed to speed everything up. I would've loved having a video like this ("How to Fly into Class C") the day before our flight, to get a sense of how everything would go.
Richmond KRIC is the airport I've grown up flying into and out of commercially since I was 2 weeks old, I was so excited to fly into a real commercial airport for the first time.
One really important thing I learned from this flight is the importance of "knocking on the door." The guys at ATC are often busy and have a heavy workload with Class C, knock on the door with approach by saying the approach name and your call-sign. This lets them know that you're there and ready to initiate communication. They will respond when they can. In this case, we were contacting Potomac Approach--they were very busy at the time.
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Thanks for watching!
Swayne Martin
Twitter: @MartinsAviation

[@jzaccone]

"Ident. Richmond Altimeter 3002" I fell for that too, had to go back and listen to hear the "altimeter" part. Thanks for the videos. I'm taking lessons at KOFP now (just soloed), and these videos will come in handy when I fly to RIC for the first time.

[@earlybird747]

You make it all look so simple! I've never seen Richmond from the air . . . seems a pretty place; lots of trees. Nice place for you to "visit" again!

[@pilotngb]

In AZ, KTUS would give me radar vectors flying into class C. Loved it.

[@RylanTaggart]

Do you guys have to read back VFR stuff in the states? In Canada we just say our ident when flying VFR.

[@patriotsfan1236]

RT787 you don't have to readback ident

[@1shARyn3]

??????? Mix up recordings? Starts with appoach to Richmond with T/G to Hanover for landing? Isn't a departure procedure. Maybe change title???