Here are the answers to last Friday’s video, enjoy!
Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+
1. It must be a wide-body, four-engine commercial aircraft.
2. No.
3. Shields against the electromagnetic pulse of a nuclear attack and anti-missile systems.
4. A modified Boeing 707.
5. Full in-flight broadcast capabilities, sleeping quarters, a shower, an airborne oval office and an emergency room.
6. In seven years (although it may be delayed).
Here’s an interesting video about the update to Air Force One, the plane that the President of USA uses to fly around the world.
Try to answer the following questions about the video and come back on Monday for the answers.
1. What are the requirements for the new Air Force One?
2. Will it have an escape pod?
3. What defensive capabilities does it currently have?
4. What model of aircraft was the previous Air Force One?
5. What features will the new Air Force One have?
6. When will it be delivered?
Suggested ICAO level: 5+
Have a great weekend!!
http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2014/06/13/tsr-dnt-foreman-new-air-force-one.cnn.html
Here’s the text to the listening from yesterday.
Enjoy!!
A Boeing 767, was en route from Zurich (Switzerland) to Philadelphia (USA) with 165 people on board. It was cruising at FL340 and everything appeared to be normal. Somewhere off the west coast of Ireland, nine of the flight attendants on board started to become ill. They felt dizzy and nauseous. The pilots decided to turn around and divert to Shannon airport on the west coast of Ireland.
When the plane landed, there were doctors waiting to remove the flight attendants and treat them. Nobody else on board, including the pilots, felt ill.
Passengers were offered overnight accommodation and a booking on another flight back to Philadelphia.
Listen to this recording and try to write what your understand. You don’t need to understand every word, just the most important ideas. Use your own words to write what happened.
You can listen as many times as you like.
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: 3+
Have a great day!
Difficult words: dizzy (adj.), nauseous (adj.), treat (v.), overnight accommodation
Here are the answers to last Friday’s video, enjoy!
Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+
1. 1000 g.
2. 17,000 – 18,000ft.
3. A radio beacon.
4. They are about half the size and collect more than 1,000 pieces of data.
5. $750.
6. Military, diving, and a ship’s equipment.
Here’s a short video that describes what you need to know about a black box. If you can’t see it the first time you open this page, try refreshing.
Try to answer the following questions about the video and come back on Monday for the answers.
1. What levels of g-force can the boxes withstand?
2. What depth of water can the black boxes withstand?
3. What’s on the front of the black box?
4. How are newer black boxes different than older ones?
5. How much does a pinger cost?
6. What other equipment can omit sound at the same frequency as the black boxes?
Suggested ICAO level: 5+
Have a great weekend!!
http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/bestoftv/2014/04/07/orig-what-you-need-to-know-about-a-black-box-npr.cnn.html