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Audio: ‘Simultaneous takeoff’

Listen to this recording and try to write what your understand. You should try to write everything that is said.

You can listen as many times as you want.

Check below the recording for some of the difficult words and come back and check the full text from this recording tomorrow.

Suggested ICAO level: 4+

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Difficult words: simultaneous (adj.), intersecting runway, threshold (n.)

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Video: ‘Designing an aircraft interior’ answer

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

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. Chuck thought that the customer wanted his plane to reflect his personal tastes, his ‘touch and feel’, and that it look like the interior of one of his cars.
  2. He mentions the carbon fibre inlays, the peach wood veneer, which he says was very difficult to use because it reacts to the sunlight.
  3. He says that they go through some of the materials that the customer might like and then make a photo realistic model of the interior to show the customer. They usually show the customer three different material option sets to help the customer clearly visualise what the interior will look like when it’s finished. Then they’ll go back and make the necessary modifications before finalising the design.

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Video: ‘Designing an aircraft interior’

Fly High English - Video

When you design a private jet what’s the most important thing to the customer? Well of course it’s the part that they’re going to see most often, the interior. That’s why most companies offer customised interiors for their private jets. If your customer is going to spend tens of millions of dollars on your jet, you have to make it look just right. In this video, Aviation International News TV takes a look at a customised Bombardier Global 6000 and how the manufacturer worked to provide its customer with exactly what he wanted.

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 did Chuck Krugh think the customer wanted most from his Global 6000 jet?
  2. What interesting features of the interior does Chuck mention?
  3. How does Mark Huslig describe the process of ‘designing’ the interior with the customer?

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Structure: Word order with ‘happen’

Fly High English - Structure

This time in our structure help we talk about the word order of a sentence with the verb ‘happen’. This is a verb which students often put in an incorrect order when making sentences. In reality, it’s very simple. It’s the same basic word order as all our other verbs. Have a look at the diagram below and read the examples. Try writing some examples of your own and reading them out loud to help you remember them.

Explanation of the correct word order when using the verb 'happen'.
Word order with ‘happen’.

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Text: Plane spotters fly

Here’s the text to the listening from yesterday.

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A Boeing 777 backtracked along the runway to prepare for takeoff. After turning and without stopping, the plane accelerated down the runway and took off. There were two people watching the Boeing 777 take off from a public road beyond the airport’s perimeter fence. When the plane turned and accelerated they were blown away by the jet blast, fell over and received injuries. An ambulance collected them and took them to the hospital. They left hospital a day later with no major injuries.

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Audio: Plane spotters fly

Listen to this recording and try to write what your understand. You should try to write everything that is said.

You can listen as many times as you want.

Check below the recording for some of the difficult words and come back and check the full text from this recording tomorrow.

Suggested ICAO level: 4+

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Have a great day!

Difficult words: backtrack (v.), perimetre fence (n.), jet blast (n.)