Field Manual / Figures on the radio / THOUSAND
THOUSAND
FIGURENone · Say: TOU-SAND
Used only for whole thousands, e.g. 7000 = SEVEN THOUSAND.
On air
“Altitude seven thousand feet.”
“Target range wun thousand metres. Over.”
“Drone at tree thousand feet, heading west. Over.”
“Fuel received: fow-er thousand litres. Out.”
In conversation
Say thousand only for round numbers; 1500 is wun fife ze-ro ze-ro.