- •Match these aircraft vocabulary items to the categories
- •What are these planes famous for?
- •Watch the video and rank the airplanes
- •Which of these planes:
- •*Watch again and check.
- •In pairs discuss the following questions:
- •Find the English equivalents to the following:
- •Translate the verbs and sort them into the categories
- •Fill in the gaps with the verbs in the appropriate form. Note: there are 2 extra verbs
- •*Create your own story using the verbs from the Grammar section.
- •Answer the questions
- •Read the text and check your answers
- •Make word combinations using the words from the left-hand and the right-hand boxes
Make word combinations using the words from the left-hand and the right-hand boxes
Fill in the gaps with the word combinations from Ex. 39carbon/ electrical/ lightning/ static/ compressed/ comfortable/ exceptional/ breaking/ safety/ wind
conductivity/ features/ environment/ air/ loads/ strike/ fibre/ tunnel/ point/ test
The purpose of testing aircraft on the ground is reducing the number of in-flight tests. Based on the experience of the past crashes, the designers add extra ________ ________ to prevent potential problems. Static tests are meant to estimate the _______ ________ for the wings and fuselage as a result of loads during the flight. To estimate the potential damage from bird strikes, engineers use large _________ ______ guns. Aviation manufacturer also conduct hot and cold tests to ensure proper functioning of the systems and ____________ ___________ for the passengers. Flying conditions can be simulated in ________ _________ and ground testing facilities. To protect modern ________ _______ aircraft from lighting strikes, new solutions are needed because the metal coating added to increase __________ _________ also increases the aircraft weight.