Aviation History: The First Non-Stop Flight Across the Atlantic
In June 1919, John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown flew a converted war bomber non-stop across the Atlantic — sixteen hours of fog and ice that…
In June 1919, John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown flew a converted war bomber non-stop across the Atlantic — sixteen hours of fog and ice that…
It-clefts and wh-clefts let you decide what a reader notices first — with comprehension questions and a grammar focus drawn from Qantas's Project Sunrise test flight.
Describe an aviation photograph: a government VIP jet on a remote stand. Listen to a sample answer, reveal the transcript, then practise the questions.
The first ultra-long-range A350-1000 for Qantas has flown from Toulouse, opening the path to non-stop Sydney-London and Sydney-New York routes.
A wide-body jet’s tail brushes the runway on takeoff — and no one notices until the walk-around. A full dictation: write down everything you hear.
A night flight over Indonesia flies into a cloud of volcanic ash. A Format A narrative listening exercise with a true/false/not-given comprehension activity (CEFR B2).