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…
CEFR B1 (intermediate) aviation English — paired with ICAO Level 4, the operational level that is the ICAO minimum for international flying. Everything here works the core radiotelephony and plain-language skills you need to reach and hold Level 4.
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…
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…
A full dictation: an Airbus A319 loses cabin pressure while climbing out of Paris, and the crew make an emergency descent and return to land. Listen…
A targeted dictation: during pushback in Washington, a sudden stop throws an Embraer’s two flight attendants off balance and both are taken to hospital as a…
A sentence-ordering dictation: on a clear morning, an aircraft is cleared to land but touches down on the taxiway beside the runway. Listen and put the…
An early-morning taxi error at Ibiza puts a small aircraft on the runway just as an A320 begins its takeoff roll. Listen carefully and correct the…