Here are the answers to last Friday’s video, enjoy!
Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+
1. They are taking it apart to use it for extra parts for other planes.
2. They go into landfills.
3. They get money back through materials sold from their planes, and it adds to the environmental strategy for the aviation industry.
4. 20 – 50.
5. Airplane parts, materials such as metals and carbon fibre.
6. Currently 90% of the total aircraft materials.
Here’s an interesting video that reports on the process of recycling an aircraft.
Try to answer the following questions about the video and come back on Monday for the answers.
Suggested ICAO level: 5+
Have a great weekend!!
1. What are the plans for this 737-300?
2. What happens to parts that can’t be reused?
3. What are the benefits for airline operators?
4. How many planes do they harvest per year?
5. What can be recycled?
6. How much of the aircraft can be recycled?
Second Life for Boeing Airplanes
Boeing has earned a reputation for its commitment to environmental strategies, positioning itself as an industry leader in developing ways to lessen environmental impact. One of the best examples of that is through its aircraft recycling program. Take a look at some of the ways Boeing is providing a second life to reclaimed and certified airplane parts and materials.
Here’s the text to the listening from yesterday.
Enjoy!!
A Fokker 100, with 97 people on board, was on approach to its destination when the left main gear didn’t extend properly. As a result, the crew decided to abort the approach and enter a holding pattern to consider their options. They tried to lower the gear a few more times but they weren’t able to, and eventually they decided to perform a partial gear up landing. Their approach was normal, but after the plane touched down it veered to the right and onto the grass. It stopped about 50m onto the grass. There were 5 minor injuries and 3 serious injuries, non of the flight crew were injured but the plane was substantially damaged.
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 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: 3+
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Difficult words: partial gear up landing (n.), veer (v.)
Here are the answers to last Friday’s video, enjoy!
Suggested ICAO level for video: 4+
1. The screens are expensive to install, to maintain, and to carry around all the extra weight.
2. Because about 75% of us already have a screen on our hands when we board a plane.
3. iPhones, iPads, laptop computers and e-readers.
4. They’ll have a server on board loaded with hundreds of movies and TV shows that passengers can stream directly to their gadgets.
5. They’re giving passengers both options, they’re installing screens and creating a server loaded with movies and TV shows for passengers to stream to their personal devices.
Here’s an interesting video that reports on the disappearance of seat-back screens on commercial 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. Why are seat-back screens disappearing?
2. Why are they becoming less needed?
3. What ‘screens’ do people have with them when they get on a plane?
4. If airlines don’t have screens, what will they have to entertain passengers?
5. What is Delta Airlines doing?
http://edition.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/business/2014/08/20/orig-ts-end-of-seat-back-screens.cnn.html