Listening Library
Listening: Decompression at Cruise
A loud bang and a cabin altitude warning at flight level 350. Reorder the nine sentences of this emergency in the order you hear them.
Author: Gareth
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Structure
Structure: ‘Comparatives and superlatives’
Practise comparatives and superlatives with the story of Hermeus breaking the sound barrier: review the -er/-est and more/most patterns, then build your own sentences.
Article
30 May 2026
Hermeus Breaks Sound Barrier with Unmanned Jet at Mach 1.21
Hermeus flew its Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 to Mach 1.21 on 26 May 2026, becoming the first private US company to break the sound barrier.
Roleplay
Roleplay: Engine Fire on Takeoff from Gatwick
Pre-brief Aircraft: Boeing 737-800Callsign: Speedbird 472Route: London Gatwick (EGKK) to Rome Fiumicino (LIRF)Current state: You have just taken off from runway 26L at Gatwick and are…
Vocabulary
Vocabulary: Six Words from the Headlines
Word on the Wing: six aviation words from recent headlines, explained at B2 — low-cost carrier, runway incursion, eVTOL, backlog, zero-emission and tariff.
Structure
Free
Structure: ‘The first conditional’
The first conditional is one of the most useful structures in aviation English — for talking about real future scenarios, regulations, and procedures. Practise building first…