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Structure: ‘Past continuous vs past simple’
Past continuous vs past simple, practised through last week's Ryanair engine-failure emergency — a gap-fill quiz plus a real-use writing task.
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Free 18 Jul 2026
Ryanair Engine Failure Over Greece Nearly Ejects Passenger
A Ryanair flight from Thessaloniki suffered an engine failure that shattered a cabin window, nearly pulling a passenger through the gap before the crew landed safely.
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Roleplay: Flap Failure on Approach to Kuala Lumpur
You're the First Officer on a Boeing 737-800 on approach to Kuala Lumpur when the flaps jam at the first stage. Declare the urgency, negotiate the…
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Free 16 Jul 2026
News Roundup: This Month in Aviation
Six aviation stories from the past four weeks: a UK-Italy-Japan fighter-jet deal, New York flight limits into 2028, emergency A380 wing checks, faster Starlink Wi-Fi, new…
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Structure: ‘Modals of possibility’
The FAA could scrap its 53-year supersonic flight ban. Practise could, might and may for speculating about the future.
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15 Jul 2026
FAA Proposes Ending 53-Year Ban on Supersonic Flight
The FAA has proposed replacing the 1973 ban on civil supersonic flight over the US with a noise-based performance standard.
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