Roleplay
Roleplay: Fuel Leak and Diversion to Toulouse
You are the First Officer of an Airbus A320 with a confirmed fuel leak. The number two engine is shut down and the fuel is tight…
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Structure
Structure: ‘Fronted adverbials’
Explore fronted adverbials — time phrases, participial clauses, concessive clauses and infinitives of purpose placed at the start of a sentence — through a comprehension and…
Structure
Structure: ‘Although vs despite’
Explore the contrast between 'although' and 'despite' in advanced aviation writing — then test your understanding with an eight-item practice exercise drawn from the Boeing 777X…
Article
5 Feb 2026
Boeing 777X First Flight Targeted for April
Boeing’s beleaguered 777X programme took a tentative step forward on 4 February 2026, when the manufacturer confirmed that the first flight of a production-standard aircraft, one…
Listening Library
Listening: Overheating Brakes on the Taxiway at San Antonio
A gap-fill dictation: an ATR-72 freighter stops its departure at San Antonio, and on the taxi back its brakes overheat until a tyre bursts. Listen and…
Structure
Structure: ‘Used to’
Southwest passengers used to choose any free seat on board — not anymore. A B1 look at 'used to' for habits and states that were true…
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