Parts of the Plane

Vocabulary:

medium range

to pioneer

digital fly-by-wire control system

a power plant

a wing

a tail unit

a landing gear

to house

an equipment

an engine

jet

turbofan

to provide

port

starboard

necessary

to be used

to be retracted

Parts of the plane

The Airbus 320 is a family of medium range commercial passenger airliners. A-320 pioneered the use of digital fly-by-wire control systems. There are 160 passenger seats in A-320.

Aircraft may be divided into two types: monoplanes and biplanes.

The main parts of the plane are: fuselage, power plant, wings, tail unit and landing gear.

The fuselage is the body of the airplane. It houses crew, passengers, controls, equipment and cargo. The fuselage is divided into some cabins. A nose cabin is a pilot’s cabin or a flight deck. Passenger’s compartment accommodates passengers. The rear part of the fuselage is called a baggage compartment. It is designed for cargo.

There are many types of engines in use: jet engines, turbofan engines.

The wing provides lift for flying. The monoplane has a port wing and starboard wing.

The tail unit provides a necessary stability in flight.

The landing gear is used during manoeuvring of the airplane on the ground. The landing gear is retracted in flight into the wing or the fuselage structure.

Questions:

1) What kind of plane is A-320?

2) What did A-320 Pioneer?

3) How many seats are there in A-320?

4) How may aircraft be divided into?

5) What are the main parts of the plane?

6) What is the body of airplane?

7) What does fuselage house?

8) What is fuselage divided into?

9) What is designed for cargo?

10) How many types of engines are there in use?

11) What provides a lift for flying?

12) What provides stability in flight?

13) What is landing gear used for?

14) Where is landing gear retracted into?

General Layout

Vocabulary

to travel

convenient

means of travelling

to be divided into

to be arranged

to be numbered

to be lettered

a tail

a sign

to be switched

taxiing

taking off

ascending

descending

landing

to be fitted with

curtains

a carpet

to cover

a cabin floor

an overhead stowage bin

an item

to extend along

a passenger service unit

an air vent

a cabin attendant call button

an individual light

a rigid blind

the weather

general lighting

dim lighting

emergency lighting

comfortable

a feature

a reclining seatback

a folding armrest

a tray-table

a seat pocket

a disposable headrest cover

a foot-step

to be carried

a baby-cot

to be attached to

a bulkhead

to be supplied with

a bedding

a baby kit

necessary

to include

General Layout

Many people like travelling. The most convenient means of travelling is a plane. Passengers may travel first class, business class and economy class. That’s why the plane is divided into two or three passenger cabins, which are called the first class cabin, the business class cabin and the economy class cabin.

The seats can be arranged two-by-two or three-by-three depending on the class flight. The seats are numbered in rows from the nose of the cabin to the tail and lettered from the right to the left as you look back from the flight deck.

Above the cabin door there are two signs: the Fasten Seat Belt sign and the No Smoking sign. The No Smoking sign is always switched on as all Ural Airlines Flights are Non-Smoking. The Fasten Seat Belt sign is switched on while taxiing, taking off, ascending, descending and landing.

The doors in the passenger cabin are fitted with curtains and a carpet covers the cabin floor.

The overhead stowage bins which are for light items and coats extend along the cabin walls. Above each group of seats there is a passenger service unit consisting of an air vent (nozzle), an individual light and a cabin attendant call button.

The cabin (side) window has a rigid blind (shade) which serves as a light filter in sunny weather.

The passenger cabins are provided with lighting system: general, dim, emergency and individual lighting.

The passenger chair is very comfortable and has all necessary comfort features including a reclining seatback, a push button to fix the seatback in a comfortable position, folding armrests, a tray-table, a seat pocket for small items, a disposable headrest cover, a foot-step for a Business Class flight passenger.

Baby cots are carried on board each aircraft. They are attached to the bulkhead in the cabin. Each baby cot is supplied with a bedding and a baby kit.

Answer the questions:

1. Do people like traveling?

2. What is the most convenient way of traveling?

3. What classes can passengers choose for traveling?

4. How many passenger cabins is the plane divided into? What are they called?

5. What class cabin is the smallest?

6. How can the seats be arranged?

7. How are the seats numbered?

8. How are the seats lettered?

9. How many signs are there above the cabin door? Name them.

10. When are these signs switched on?

11. What are the doors in the passenger cabin fitted with?

12. What covers the cabin floor?

13. What extends along the cabin walls?

14. What are overhead stowage bins designed for?

15. What can a passenger find above each group of seats?

16. What does the service unit include?

17. How can a passenger control the air conditioning?

18. What does a passenger use as a light filter in sunny weather?

19. What light do the cabin attendants switch on during the night flights?

20. What is a passenger chair provided with?

21. How can a passenger recline his seat back?

22. Where is a baby cot fixed?

23. What is a baby cot supplied with?