Roleplay
Roleplay: Hydraulic Failure on Approach to Manchester
An A320 on approach to Manchester loses its green hydraulic system — no normal gear, brakes or nose wheel steering. Play the pilot: declare the urgency,…
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11 Jun 2026
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…
Structure
Free
Structure: ‘Cleft sentences’
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.
Picture Descriptions
Picture Description: VIP Flight on the Apron
Describe an aviation photograph: a government VIP jet on a remote stand. Listen to a sample answer, reveal the transcript, then practise the questions.
Article
10 Jun 2026
Qantas A350 Completes First Project Sunrise Test Flight
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.
Listening Library
Listening: Tail-Skid Contact on Departure from Bangkok
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.
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