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Video answers: ‘The Boeing 307’

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

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. They were hired to care for queasy passengers during turbulent flights.
  2. It was common because planes could only fly as high as the air was breathable, around 9,000ft, and at this altitude there is much more turbulence than at higher altitudes.
  3. Their solution was a pressurised plane.
  4. The cabin pressure regulator was key to the development of the pressurised cabin.
  5. The sudden stop in the production of the 307 was caused by the start of World War 2.

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Video answers: ‘Interview with Virgin America CEO’

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Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. The next phase is to increase the size of the fleet, this will improve profitability and create new routes that their customers have been asking for.
  2. The wifi has improved, Mr.Cush thinks they’ll have the best in-flight wifi and that their entertainment system is the best in the air.
  3. He expects that they’ll become profitable very quickly and that they’ll be popular with customers.
  4. Because it’s a capital intensive business, you need lots of money to achieve the benefit of a ’business of scale’.
  5. They have beautiful new airplanes, they have people who don’t think like traditional airline people and because they’re small, they’re able to make quick decisions and get things to market fast.

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Video answers: ‘The history of aviation safety’

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Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. The cabins were unpressurised, the propellers were limited and the engines were unreliable. Navigation was sometimes imprecise, and there were no radios to communicate.
  2. Jet engines, voice transmission, air traffic control centres and advanced navigation aids.
  3. They made planes more powerful and reliable. They also allowed more people to travel to new destinations for fun, which helped create the idea of the charter flight.
  4. They helped to make auto pilots better, improve navigation and introduced a new generation of simulators.
  5. It allows crews to make the best use of resources available to safely manage a flight.

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Video answers: ‘Aerion Supersonic Business Jet’

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The Aerion AS2

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

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. It’s planned to enter service in 2023.
  2. They plan to offer it as a charter service.
  3. It caused them to double their order, from ten jets originally to twenty jets now.
  4. Airbus is going to manufacture the fuselage, wings, landing gear, hydraulics and fly-by-wire systems.
  5. The AS2 will perform the journey in 2 hours 30 minutes less than the G650.

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Video answers: ‘737 MAX unveiling’

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Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. It has a split wing tip and heavier, more fuel efficient engines.
  2. It will be able to make transatlantic crossings, which is something that low cost carriers want to do.
  3. The A320neo is the 737 MAX’s direct competitor.
  4. It has 4400 orders already.
  5. Comparing total orders, Airbus had a more successful 2015 with 1079 orders versus 655 for Boeing.

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Video answers: ‘Birth of the B-52’

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Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. The original idea came from World War 2 and the fear that Britain could lose its airbases, so the US Air Force wanted a plane that didn’t need to refuel in a foreign airbase.
  2. A straight-wing turboprop bomber.
  3. It changed because the jet age had begun and the US Air Force wanted a jet bomber.
  4. The new idea took shape in a hotel in Dayton, Ohio and it took a weekend.
  5. The Air Force wanted speed, range, payload and low operating costs.

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