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Video answers: ‘Project Zero Electric Tiltrotor’

Here are the answers to last Friday’s video, enjoy!

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. It’s the world’s first fully electric tiltrotor aircraft.
  2. They can be individually angle controlled.
  3. It can reduce vibrations, help cancel external noise, improve aerodynamic efficiency and give you a smoother and quieter flight.
  4. It’s made of carbon graphite.
  5. The team has successfully tested all of the power systems and lifted it off the ground so far.

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Video: ‘Project Zero Electric Tiltrotor’

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Here’s an interesting video that reports on an innovative new aircraft in development.

Try to answer the following questions about the video and come back on Monday for the answers.

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. What is unique about Project Zero?
  2. What is innovative about its blades?
  3. What are the advantages of this?
  4. What’s the aircraft made of?
  5. At what stage of development is the project?

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Structure: ‘conjugating the past simple’

This time in our structure help we continue with conjugations. This time we look at conjugating the past simple. If you are familiar with the present simple, the conjugation for the past simple is very easy. It follows the same structure but with the past simple form instead of the present simple form. Have a look at the diagram below to see more and practice some sentences of your own.

Diagram showing how to conjugate the past simple.
Conjugating the past simple

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Video answers: ‘The 787’s versatility’

Here are the answers to last Friday’s video, enjoy!

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. According to Randy, what’s unique is the number of different airlines and business models that can use the aircraft.
  2. It’s been used in short range, medium range and long range operations, and all with a variety of different business models.
  3. The air.
  4. The plane has filters that remove viruses and others that remove odours. It has a lower cabin altitude so there’s more oxygen in the air and there’s also more moisture in the air.
  5. They’re about 70% larger than competitors’ windows. There’s also no window shade because they’re electronically dimmable.

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Video: ‘The 787’s versatility’

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Here’s an interesting video that describes Scoot’s use of the 787 and shows just how versatile an aircraft it is.

Try to answer the following questions about the video and come back on Monday for the answers.

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. What is different about the 787 according to Randy Tinseth?
  2. What kind of operations has the 787 been used in?
  3. What do crews like about the 787?
  4. What’s different about this aspect of the 787?
  5. What’s different about the windows on the 787?

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Structure: ‘still vs yet’

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This time in our structure help we talk about two words which are often confused; still and yet. These two words are similar and can be used to talk about the same situation from different perspectives. But be careful not to confuse the two. Check out the diagram below for more information and then write some of your own sentences to help you remember the difference.

Diagram of the differences between still & yet.
Still vs yet

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