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747-8 rejected takeoff testing answers

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

Suggested ICAO level for video: 4+

  1. Close to 1 million pounds of weight.
  2. RTO.
  3. To simulate real world conditions.
  4. The plane performed very well, stopping 700ft earlier than hoped.
  5. 1400 degrees celsius.
  6. To simulate the worst case waiting time that a plane would be on the runway before the firefighters would arrive.
  7. To prevent them exploding and causing serious damage.
  8. The tyres and brakes had to be repaired.
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747-8 rejected takeoff testing

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Here’s an interesting video that reports on a rejected takeoff performed by a 747-8 during testing.

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

Suggested ICAO level for video: 4+

Have a great weekend!!

  1. What is the designed takeoff weight of the 747-8?
  2. What is the abbreviation used for rejected takeoff?
  3. Why are old brakes used?
  4. How did the plane perform?
  5. What estimated temperatures are generated in the brakes during the rejected takeoff?
  6. Why can’t the firefighters do anything for five minutes?
  7. Why do the tyres automatically lose their pressure after the plane stops?
  8. Which parts of the plane were damaged beyond repair?

Boeing 747-8 performs ultimate rejected takeoff

It’s one of the most dramatic tests for a new airplane as the pilot slams on the brakes while going 200 miles per hour (320 km/hr). Watch as the 747-8 Freighter, loaded to maximum takeoff weight and equipped with 100% worn out brakes, perform a rejected takeoff without thrust reversers.

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Oven trouble

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Here’s the text to the listening from yesterday.

Enjoy!!

A 737-800, with 185 people on board, was en route at FL340 about halfway to its destination when an oven in the rear galley started to vent smoke. The smoke came from the back and the sides of the oven. The circuit breaker for the oven was automatically tripped and the smoke started to disappear. The flight crew didn’t need to use the fire extinguishers. The aircraft continued to its destination for a safe landing but the oven had to be replaced.

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Oven trouble

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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+

Have a great day!

Difficult words: vent (v.), circuit breaker (n.)

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787 donation answers

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

Suggested ICAO level: 4+

  1. It’s not going to fly again.
  2. It’s better known as ZA003.
  3. It’s going to begin a new life at the Museum of Flight in Seattle.
  4. It was a part of the ‘dream tour’, which visited 23 different countries and allowed 68,000 people to see it up close.
  5. Over 10,000 visitors.
  6. He thinks that many people can identify with the plane because a lot of their relatives or neighbours or loved ones have worked for Boeing and have played a part in creating these wonderful masterpieces of technology.
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787 donation

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Here’s an interesting video that reports on Boeing’s donation of one of its original 787 test planes..

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

Suggested ICAO level: 4+

Have a great weekend!!

  1. For how long more will this particular 787 fly?
  2. How is this Dreamliner better known?
  3. What’s going to happen to it?
  4. What else was this plane used for, not including testing?
  5. How many visitors were able to go inside the plane on its opening weekend?
  6. Why does Dan Hagedorn think that a lot of people can identify with the plane?

A Boeing donation of 787 Dreamliner to Seattle’s Museum of Flight

More than 10,000 turn out to welcome ZA003, the third 787, into the Museum of Flight’s permanent collection. A Boeing donation became a community celebration as the third 787 Dreamliner became part of Seattle’s Museum of Flight.