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CSeries answers

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

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. Bombardier.
  2. FTV2 (Flight Test Vehicle 2) and FTV4.
  3. The FAA flight permit, and they’re testing in two different sites to take advantage of the different weather conditions for testing.
  4. Customers can look forward to the large overhead bins, windows and plenty of space.
  5. 40 firm orders and 10 options.
  6. No, it’s a lessor. They lease or rent aircraft to operators.
  7. It’s the only aircraft that’s optimised for the specific market that Macquarie needs to fill, the 127 to 150-seat market.
  8. They have 563 orders and commitments so far, with 243 firm orders.
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A350 certification process answers

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

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. He says that it’s just the half-way point for its entry into service with an airline
  2. There are 3 certification phases; the testing before the plane flies, the flight tests, and the route proving is the final phase.
  3. Five planes were needed because there were so many tests to do and Airbus wanted to keep the program on schedule.
  4. The plane was tested under very cold weather conditions, high operating altitudes, high airports and hot weather conditions. Test were also done to the structure, aerodynamics and brakes.
  5. This phases involves proving that the plane can be operated in a normal airline environment; carrying passengers, servicing the plane, doing short and long flights with normal turnaround times and operating in a variety of airport and environmental conditions.
  6. 2,500 documents.
  7. September 2014, so they were able to maintain their schedule exactly as they planned.

As an extra activity, try taking about the certification process for the A350, record yourself and listen to check your mistakes. Use some new vocabulary that you heard from the video.

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Beluga’s birthday answers

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

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

1. The white beluga whale, which lives in the arctic.
2. Only five.
3. The A300.
4. Airbus aircraft parts.
5. The size of the cargo hold, it is possibly the biggest plane in terms of the volume it can carry.
6. 47 tonnes.
7. 90 minutes.
8. He loves it and thinks it’s beautiful.
9. It has flown valuable artwork, satellites and even helicopters around the world.
10. It indicates that Airbus is very busy building many planes.

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Second life for Boeing airplanes answers

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.

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Seat-back screens disappear answers

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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.

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The best beds on a 777 answers

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

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. In the crew rest area.
  2. They have to go up a ‘secret’ staircase at the rear of the plane.
  3. He describes it as a berth.
  4. About 6ft long and 2.5ft wide.
  5. They help to reduce the sound of other crew members speaking and other noises.
  6. Yes, he thinks they’re better. He says he’s very jealous of the crew members who can sleep in these beds.