Welcome to RTF: Let’s Talk About a Specific Radar Technique: Overflights
Whether you’re checked out in the tower at an up/down facility, or you’re at a stand-alone TRACON, you’re going to spend about 4 weeks in radar training (know as RTF) at the FAA Academy in Oklahoma City.  As of this writing, RTF is a pass/pass course, meaning that there is no way to fail the performance verification, or PV (This is not true for ITR students – but the techniques in this article will work the same!).  This information comes …