Vocabulary
Vocabulary: Six Terms from September’s Aviation News
Six real terms from the past four weeks of aviation news — runway excursion, marshaller, ground stop, type rating, general aviation and beyond visual line of…
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Structure
Structure: ‘Cleft sentences’
Cleft sentences let you throw emphasis onto one part of an idea — drawn from a real airport-funding report.
Picture Descriptions
Picture Description: Crosswind Landing
Describe a non-routine scene: an airliner over the touchdown zone in a strong crosswind, with a fully extended windsock and standing water on a wet runway.…
Article
16 Sep 2026
FAA Awards $481 Million in Final Year of Airport Grants
The FAA has handed out $481.7 million in new grants to 191 airports, the latest round in a five-year infrastructure programme now entering its final months.
Standard Phraseology
Phraseology: En-Route to Madrid
In the cruise climb out of German airspace: a B2 read-back drill on a level with a crossing restriction, a conditional re-route, a Mach speed control…
Listening Library
Listening: A Balloon on the Approach to Budapest
A 737 crew on approach to Budapest see a hot-air balloon near their approach path, and ask the controller what it is going to do. Write…
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