Use of aviation radio frequencies requires an FCC license. If you don't have a license you can probably operate under the control of a licensed aviation service organization. Usually one that operates at the airport the plane is kept at. You would want to ask the plane's pilot what frequency to use. I know that
123.450 MHz is commonly used for informal chit-chat among pilots.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/23/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Robert Bruninga</b> <<a href="mailto:bruninga@usna.edu">bruninga@usna.edu</a>
> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hummh... We all have these radios that tune the<br>118-137 MHz AM aircraft band... But what channels
<br>are available to communicate plane to plane or<br>plane to ground?<br><br>Our aerospace department has a plane they fly<br>occasionally for flight studies. What channel<br>can I talk to them on to coordinate some GPS
<br>experiements for example? (That isnt too<br>crowded)<br><br></blockquote></div>