Article
Business Jet Hits Truck on Raleigh-Durham Taxiway
A business jet and a delivery truck collided on a taxiway at Raleigh-Durham International Airport, briefly closing the airfield. No one was hurt.
Author: Gareth
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Roleplay
Roleplay: Windshear Go-Around at Geneva
An interactive ATC role-play: Geneva Tower reports windshear just as you reach short final. You play the First Officer — go around, read back the missed-approach…
Article
Aviation Explained: How a Twin-Engine Jet Crosses an Ocean
Aviation Explained: how is a twin-engine jet allowed to fly for hours over open ocean? An advanced (C1) explainer on ETOPS — the rule that retired…
Structure
Structure: ‘Although and despite’
Although and despite both introduce a concession, but the grammar after each is different. Practise choosing between them with six sentences drawn from an aviation safety…
Listening Library
Listening: Takeoff Miscalculation at Amsterdam
An A320 crew at Amsterdam Schiphol took off with incorrect performance data after entering the runway via a mid-field intersection — a gap-fill dictation at CEFR…
Article
Wing Cracks Force Emergency Checks on 16 Airbus A380 Jets
EASA has issued an emergency airworthiness directive requiring the urgent inspection of 16 Airbus A380 aircraft after cracks were found in the wing mid-spar structure.
