Listening Library
Listening: Fuel Imbalance on Departure from Toronto
A regional jet crew declares PAN PAN and turns back to Toronto after a fuel imbalance warning — reorder the six events of this dictation exercise.
2026
122 briefings
Listening Library
Listening: Rejected Takeoff at Paris
An error-correction dictation: an old cargo aircraft rejects its takeoff at Paris after a nose landing gear warning. Listen and correct the seven mistakes in the…
Structure
Structure: ‘Indirect questions’
Indirect questions embed a direct question inside a polite opening phrase, changing the word order and softening the register. Practise forming them with aviation examples from…
Structure
Structure: ‘Modals of possibility’
Learn how to use could, might and may to talk about possibilities in aviation — then test yourself with a context-driven gap-fill using vocabulary from the…
Structure
Structure: ‘Modals of possibility 2’
Practise may, might and could — three modal verbs that express possibility — through an error-correction exercise drawing on the story of Joby Aviation's first piloted…
Article
14 Mar 2026
America’s Electric Air Taxi Takes Flight
A small but significant moment in aviation history took place over San Francisco Bay on 13 March 2026, when Joby Aviation completed the first piloted flight…
