Welcome to This Month in Aviation, our regular round-up of the biggest aviation stories from the last four weeks. Below are six short reports — a minute or two of reading each — with a link to the full story if you want to know more.
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English has no single “future tense.” Instead we choose between several forms — will, be going to, the present continuous, and even the present simple — and the one we pick signals how we see the event: a snap decision, a firm plan, a prediction, or a fixed timetable.
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A 24-hour strike by ground staff at Paris’s three main airports — Charles de Gaulle, Orly, and Le Bourget — is set for 18 June 2026, threatening to disrupt tens of thousands of summer travellers at one of Europe’s busiest aviation hubs.
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Listen to the recording as many times as you need. The passage below contains seven errors — words or phrases that do not match what you hear. Find each error and write the correct word or phrase above it. When you are finished, check your corrections against the transcript and the answer key below.
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How to do this dictation: listen to the audio and write down the missing words. You can replay it as many times as you need. When you have finished, check your answers against the answer key.
Continue reading Listening: Lightning Strike on Departure from Amsterdam
Some verbs are always followed by to + the base form of another verb. We call this the verb + infinitive pattern. It appears constantly in aviation news when reporters describe plans, decisions, and goals.
The most common verbs in this pattern are: want, plan, decide, need, hope, expect, agree, and choose.
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