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AA 787 test flight

Here’s a short video that describes American Airlines’ first 787 test flight.

Try to answer the following questions about the video and come back on Monday for the answers.

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

Have a great weekend!!

  1. What was the purpose of the flight?
  2. What does the flight involve?
  3. What do they check on the interior of the plane?
  4. How did the airplane perform during this test flight?
  5. How does the plane perform in general, according to David Hensley?

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Our First 787 Test Flight

We took our first Dreamliner through the paces. Get the behind-the-scenes scoop from its first test flight at Boeing’s Everett factory.

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Fire in the cockpit

Here’s the text to the listening from yesterday.

Enjoy!!

A Boeing 747 freighter took off at 11:00am.  15 minutes later the crew declared an emergency and requested a return to their airport of origin because of smoke and a fire in the cockpit. They were unable to maintain altitude. The ATC issued a clearance when the airplane was about 25km from touchdown. The airplane however was too high and passed above the airfield and entered a right-hand turn. The crew was advised that all runways were available for landing. The airplane flew southwest and it lost altitude rapidly.  It crashed into an unpopulated area moments later. The cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder were recovered 6 hours after impact and were in good condition.

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Fire in the cockpit

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: maintain altitude, issue a clearance, unpopulated (adj.)

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Fatigue testing answers

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

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. It speeds up the ageing process of a plane to test what kinds of structural problems it will have over its lifetime.
  2. The plane aged 25 years in one year (due to the testing process).
  3. The tests involve twisting and turning, pushing and pulling the aircraft in different directions.
  4. Their goal is to identify problems that will occur later in the lifetime of the plane and to be able to plan for, or prevent those problems.
  5. There are currently five fatigue test programs in operation.
  6. Teams can learn for each other’s successes and mistakes.

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Fatigue testing

Here’s an interesting video that describes Boeing’s fatigue testing program.

Try to answer the following questions about the video and come back on Monday for the answers.

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

Have a great weekend!!

  1. What does this testing do to a plane?
  2. How many years did the plane shown age in one year?
  3. What do the tests involve?
  4. What is the objective of Boeings customers?
  5. How many fatigue test programs are currently in operation.
  6. How can more than one fatigue program be of benefit?

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Burst tyre

Here’s the text to the listening from yesterday.

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A Boeing 737-800, taxied from the apron to the runway, lined up and began to take off as normal. As it lifted off the runway a tyre burst. The crew stopped their climb at FL090 and returned to the airport for a safe landing about 20 minutes after departure. After landing the plane was able to stop normally with only a little smoke. Then it taxied to the apron to disembark the passengers.

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