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Blank screen

Listen to this recording and try to write what your understand. You should try to write everything that is said.

You can listen as many times as you want.

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: 4+

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Difficult words: ECAM, go blank (v.), circuit breaker (n.), trip (v.) reset (v.)

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A380 Pre-Service Check example

Here’s our example from Friday’s video, enjoy!

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A380 Pre-Service Check

Here’s an interesting video about the checks that Emirates does on its planes before they’re put into service.

This week, instead of answering questions, watch the video, take some notes, and then record yourself talking about this topic. Try to talk for about 1 minute without stopping.

Come back on Monday to listen to our example!

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Emirates Airbus A380 Pre-Service Check | Emirates Airline

Emirates, the world’s largest Airbus A380 operator with 59 A380s in fleet and 81 A380s on order, reveals an exclusive behind-the-scenes look of how it readies a newly delivered A380 for its first commercial flight.

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Unexpected extinguisher

Here’s the text to the listening from yesterday.

Enjoy!!

A Boeing 737-800, was en route at FL380 when there was a problem with a fire extinguisher in the cockpit. It started to spray halon around the cockpit by itself. The pilots had to put on their oxygen masks due to the danger of inhaling the gas and began a rapid descent to FL110 and then diverted to their alternative airport. The fire extinguisher was replaced and the flight was able to take off again two hours after landing.

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Unexpected extinguisher

Listen to this recording and try to write what your understand. You should try to write everything that is said.

You can listen as many times as you want.

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: 4+

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Have a great day!

Difficult words: spray (v.), halon (n.), inhale (v.)

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How does a black box work answers

Here are the answers to last Friday’s video, enjoy!

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. It’s orange and often covered with reflective tape to make it easier to find.
  2. It stores information about the plane’s altitude, direction, how much fuel is on board, whether the autopilot is engaged or not, cabin temperature and pressure, as well as many other things.
  3. It stores the conversations of the pilots and also other sounds in the cockpit such as engine sounds and warnings.
  4. It’s stored in a crash survivable memory unit.
  5. It’s protected from heat by a layer of insulation and from impact by a steel or titanium layer.
  6. They’re tested up to 3,400 g, temperatures up to 1,100 Celsius for an hour, long periods under pressure and in salt water or aviation fuel.
  7. If one falls into water, it starts to transmit pulses of ultrasound so it can be located.

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