Want some IFR Clearance Practice? Using the acronym CRAFT to copy an IFR Clearance is an easy way to organize a lot of information that Air Traffic Control is giving to you in a short amount of time.
After you've filed a flight plan, your first radio call is to the local Clearance Delivery to request your IFR Clearance from ATC.
This video shows a quick process of selecting a route, filing the flight plan using the route, requesting clearance, then copying that clearance using the CRAFT acronym:
Clearance Limit
Route of Flight
Altitude
Frequency
Transponder
Chapters:
0:00 Selecting the Route
1:36 Filing IFR
2:36 CRAFT Acronym
5:06 Finding Clearance Delivery Frequency
6:08 Requesting IFR Clearance
7:02 Copying and Reading Back Clearance
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