RADAR CONTACT-
a. Used by ATC to inform an aircraft that it is identified on the radar display and radar flight following will be provided until radar identification is terminated.
Radar contact is lost. (Termination of track plotting is not warranted.)
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Target speed is estimated to be 600 knots ground speed/mach 1 or greater.
"Radar contact" does not guarantee terrain clearance any time you are below MOCA or MEA altitudes. ATC radar airspace is different than a pilot's airspace.
FBI: Zero Seven Sierra, radar contact. Continue your approach. Report Jupiter Inlet. [Tower has identified you on radar.]
YOU: Report Jupiter Inlet. Zero Seven Sierra. [You will be at Jupiter Inlet when your DME reads 35.8, so keep an eye peeled.] ...
Once contacted, a receiving controller acknowledges radar contact with the flight crew and issues instructions for heading and altitude.
The controller who is handing off the flight instructs the crew to contact the next level of ATC surveillance, and gives them the radio frequency they need to do that. Once contacted, a receiving controller acknowledges radar contact with the plane ...
 See also: Controller, Radar, Aircraft, Approach control, Air traffic
  
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