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Listening: Landing Gear Door Warning at Melbourne
An Airbus climbing out of Melbourne gets a warning that a landing gear door has not closed. Listen to the report and put the eight sentences…
ICAO Level 4
Aviation English at ICAO Level 4 (operational) — the ICAO minimum for international flying, roughly CEFR B1. The essential news, grammar and listening practice for reaching, demonstrating and keeping the level your licence depends on.
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Listening: Wingtip Strike on Landing at Bristol
An error-correction dictation: an Embraer 145 scrapes a wingtip during a gusty crosswind landing at Bristol. Listen and correct the seven mistakes in the text.
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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…
Structure
Structure: ‘Used to’
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…
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Listening: Pressurisation Loss on Climb-Out from Paris
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…
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Listening: Cabin Crew Fall during Pushback in Washington
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…