Roleplay
Roleplay: Volcanic Ash Encounter over Sicily
You're the First Officer on an A320 over Sicily when volcanic ash from Mount Etna drifts across your cruise. Declare, negotiate and read back your way…
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30 Jul 2026
Aviation Explained: Why Was Supersonic Flight Banned Over Land?
For 53 years a single rule kept airliners subsonic over land. As the FAA proposes to lift it, Aviation Explained asks why the ban existed —…
Structure
Structure: ‘Indirect questions’
Airbus is flight-testing a folding wingtip — and quietly using an indirect question to explain why. Learn how to embed a question inside a statement.
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29 Jul 2026
Airbus Begins Flight Tests for Its ‘Wing of Tomorrow’
Airbus has launched a new flight-test campaign for extended, folding wingtips on an A321neo, part of its long-running Wing of Tomorrow research programme.
Standard Phraseology
Phraseology: En-Route to London Heathrow
Routine ATC read-backs for the cruise on the Dublin to Heathrow flight: read back a climb, a direct routing, a new squawk and a speed instruction,…
Listening Library
Listening: Jet Blast at the Perimeter Fence
A sentence-ordering dictation: a jet blast at the perimeter fence knocks over two plane spotters standing too close during a takeoff roll.
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