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Video: ‘How airplanes are designed to feel bigger on the inside’

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This week’s video describes how manufacturers make their planes seem bigger than they are. Watch the video to find out how they do it.

Try to answer the following questions about the video and come back on Monday for the answers.

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. Why are Boeing making their windows bigger?
  2. What ’tricks of the eye’ do Boeing use to help their cabins look bigger?
  3. How does lighting contribute to the experience?
  4. Where do engineers want to draw your eye when you enter a plane?
  5. What unusual things can airlines do with lighting?

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How Airplanes Are Designed To Feel Bigger On The Inside

Ever wonder why some airplanes feel big on the inside when they’re actually small? Engineers use some special tricks to make that happen. Here’s Why Wings Don’t Fall Off Airplanes – https://youtu.be/jMsoKy_MV6w Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here – http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI For more about Boeing and a century of innovation check out http://theageofaerospace.com.

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Video: ‘How Airbus A3’s Transpose Modular Cabin Concept Works’

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This week’s video reports on an idea for modular cabin designs that would allow airlines to add variety to their cabins with a minimum delay in altering the layout as needed. Watch the video to find out more.

Instead of the usual questions, this time watch the video a couple of times, take some notes and record yourself explaining the idea, how it works, the benefits and add some of your own personal comments on the idea. Try to make the audio recording around 2 minutes long. Then listen to your recording for any mistakes that you made and try to correct them.

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How Airbus A3’s Transpose Modular Cabin Concept Works

Airbus’s Silicon Valley outpost A3 is developing a modular cabin architecture that enables widebody freighters to be quickly and flexibility configured to provide new revenue-generating passenger experiences such as brand-name restaurants, coffee shops, gyms or spas.

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Video: ‘Smokejumpers of California’

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This week’s video reports on the world of smokejumpers, who are they and what do they do? Watch the video to find out.

Try to answer the following questions about the video and come back on Monday for the answers.

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. What’s the best part of being a smokejumper for Ben?
  2. How much quiet time is there between the parachute opening and touching down?
  3. What kind of relationship does the team of smokejumpers have?
  4. How do the crews receive their equipment?
  5. What’s in the fire boxes?
  6. What other box do they receive?
  7. How do they try to stop a fire spreading?

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Smokejumpers: Into fire with California’s elite firefighters – BBC News

Subscribe to BBC News www.youtube.com/bbcnews The BBC spends a day with California’s “smokejumpers”, the elite firefighters who parachute into the wilderness to get forest fires under control. Produced by the BBC’s Jack Garland.

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Video: ‘Why aren’t the windows aligned with the seats on planes?’

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This week’s video describes why the windows on a plane don’t match up with the position of the rows of seats on board. Watch to find out why.

Try to answer the following questions about the video and come back on Monday for the answers.

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. How do manufacturers design their planes in relation to the rows of seats?
  2. Why is there a problem?
  3. What allows for easy repositioning of the seats on board?
  4. What is seat pitch?
  5. How has seat pitch changed over time?
  6. What other dimensions are changing?
  7. What limit is there to the number of seats on board a plane?

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Why Aren’t the Windows Aligned with the Seats in Aircraft?

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Video: ‘Why people say “mayday” in an emergency’

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This week’s video describes the use the term ‘mayday’. How did people choose that expression? Watch the video to find out more.

Try to answer the following questions about the video and come back on Monday for the answers.

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. What were the criteria when choosing a word to indicate an emergency?
  2. Why was the word ‘help’ not chosen?
  3. What languages were though about in selecting the word?
  4. How many times should the word ‘mayday’ be used to indicate an emergency, and why?
  5. What expression should be used in a case of urgency, but not emergency?
  6. What does SOS mean?

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Why People On Planes Say “Mayday” in an Emergency?

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Video: ‘Runway markings explained’

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This week’s video describes runway markings and what they mean. Watch the video to find out!

Try to answer the following questions about the video and come back on Monday for the answers.

Suggested ICAO level for video: 4+

  1. How is a runway’s number determined?
  2. What happens if a heading isn’t exact? For example a runway heading of 164?
  3. How would runway ’06’ be different in the US?
  4. Which letters are used to distinguish parallel runways?
  5. What do the threshold bars painted on the ground indicate?
  6. What markings give pilots an indicator of where they should touch down on the runway?
  7. What’s the difference between a blast pad / overrun area and a displaced threshold?

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Runway Markings Explained

This video looks at and explains the most common runway markings that you will see on a paved runway, aimed at helping new pilots and flight simmers improve their understanding of an airport.