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Structure: ‘Due to vs because’
When do you use 'due to' and when 'because'? Practise the difference with Air India's fuel-driven flight cuts.
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3 Jun 2026
Air India Cuts 22% of Flights as Fuel Costs Soar
Air India is cancelling 22% of domestic flights for June and July 2026, as the Iran conflict sends jet fuel prices past Rs 1 lakh per…
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Listening: Off-Field Landing in France
A single-engine Cessna loses power over open farmland. A targeted dictation: write down only the actions the pilot took.
Listening Library
Listening: Decompression at Cruise
A loud bang and a cabin altitude warning at flight level 350. Reorder the nine sentences of this emergency in the order you hear them.
Structure
Structure: ‘Comparatives and superlatives’
Practise comparatives and superlatives with the story of Hermeus breaking the sound barrier: review the -er/-est and more/most patterns, then build your own sentences.
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30 May 2026
Hermeus Breaks Sound Barrier with Unmanned Jet at Mach 1.21
Hermeus flew its Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 to Mach 1.21 on 26 May 2026, becoming the first private US company to break the sound barrier.
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