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Boeing’s Flex Track technology answers

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

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. It’s very popular, it dominates its niche in the market.
  2. Originally the maximum was 7 per month.
  3. 8.3 planes per month.
  4. It’s an automated piece of equipment which attaches to the fuselage of the plane and allows a machine to drill the necessary holes in the fuselage more precisely.
  5. There is an improvement in quality, safety, productivity and a reduction in injuries,
  6. The mechanics are responsible for maintaining the technology and focusing on the parts of the plane that are going to be unique to the individual customer.

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A350 first flight answers

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

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. It has a “swept wing at the end” and looks like “it’s wearing sunglasses”.
  2. The CEO of Airbus and the CEO of Qatar Airways.
  3. He felt very emotional, and thinks that the A350 is 50% of the future of Airbus.
  4. He said it was perfect, there were lots of amenities for the passengers, comfortable seats and was happy that it was full.
  5. No, it was delivered almost one year late, but in aircraft terms, that’s pretty much on time.

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Global safety in 2014 answers

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Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. No, it was the safest year on record.
  2. Accidents involving MH370, MH17 and AirAsia QZ8501 had a lot of media attention in 2014.
  3. 1 chance in 2.38 million.
  4. It could use deployable flight data recorders, emergency locator transmitters or flight trackers on aircraft to prevent an aircraft disappearing in the future.

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Black box investigation centre answers

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

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. Three in total, the one in the video and two others.
  2. It’s magnetically sealed so that people can’t listen to what’s happening inside the room.
  3. The circuit board with the recordings on it.
  4. They use four speakers to recreate the situation in the cockpit as closely as possible.
  5. Only the crew and the accident investigators can listen to the recordings.
  6. They listen for sounds in the background, the engines for example, to get extra information about what was happening.
  7. They are put in the drying cabinet to dry the circuits so that they will work properly.
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Final flight answers

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

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. An airport in the middle of the Californian desert called, Victorville, where planes go to die.
  2. The equivalent of 140 trips to the moon and back.
  3. They can do more than one thing at a time
  4. Because the dry heat means there is less chance of corrosion.
  5. No, it’s possible they will fly again for another airline. They can be turned on again and flown if necessary.
  6. Because they’re too expensive to operate.
  7. Because airlines want to upgrade their fleets for greater fuel efficiency and passenger comfort.
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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.