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2 Listen and choose the correct answer. 1 The pilot uses the checklist when he is in the... A hangar. B hotel. C cockpit.
4 The checklist works through a system based on... A questions and answers. B answers. C problem solving.
2 The checklist is controlled... A before each flight. B only once. C every month.
5 The co-pilot... A checks the checklist. B listens. C calls the items.
3 If there are interruptions the pilot will... A stop. B start again. C not care.
6 The pilot... A writes a report. B waits. C responds out loud.
Focus on Sayings 9 Choose the correct option to best explain these flight sayings. 1 ‘A smooth landing is mostly luck; two in a row is all luck; three in a row is prevarication’ means that… A performing a smooth landing is very difficult. B a good pilot also needs great luck. 2 ‘Never fly in the same cockpit with someone braver than you’ means that… A all pilots are brave. B it is better to fly with someone who has your same sense of danger. 3 ‘Basic flying rules: try to stay in the middle of the air. Do not go near the edges of it. The edges of the air can be recognised by the appearance of ground, buildings, sea, trees and interstellar space. It is much more difficult to fly there’ means that... A air has borders and edges. B you must always fly far from ground, buildings and any other dangerous obstacle.
MY GLOSSARY amendment \´"mendm´nt\ ________________________ airfield \"e´fi…ld\ _________________________________ beacon code \"bi…k´n k´Ud\ ________________________ call sign \kO…l saIn\ ______________________________ clearance delivery \"klI´r´ns dI"lIv´ri\_________________ cruising altitude \"kru…zIN "œltItju…d\ _________________ edge \edZ\ _____________________________________ file (v) \faIl\ ___________________________________ fix \fIks\ _______________________________________ flight data person \flaIt "deIt´ "p‰…sn\ ________________ flight plan \flaIt plœn\ ___________________________ flight progress strip \flaIt "pr´Ugres strIp\ ____________ gate \geIt\ _____________________________________
hand over \hœnd "´Uv´“r‘\ ________________________ host computer \h´Ust k´m"pju…t´“r‘\ _________________ in a row \In ´ r´U\_______________________________ landing runway \"lœndIN "rønweI\ __________________ rule \ru…l\ ______________________________________ smooth \smu…D\ _________________________________ speed across ground \spi…d ´"krÅs graUnd\ ___________ surface \"s‰…fIs\ _________________________________ taxi (v) \"tœksi\ _________________________________ taxiway \"tœksiweI\ ______________________________ track (v) \trœk\ _________________________________ true air speed \tru… e´“r‘ spi…d\ _____________________ tug \tøg\_______________________________________
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