Match the words with their meanings .
A B
1 |
Military aviation |
A |
is a comprehensive term covering the use of air transportation, airplane or helicopter, to move patients to and from healthcare facilities and accident scenes. |
2 |
Civil Aviation |
B |
is the use of military aircraft and other flying machines for the purposes of conducting or enabling aerial warfare. |
3 |
Air medical service |
C |
is one of two major categories of flying, representing all non-military aviation, both private and commercial. |
3 .Complete sentences with to,under, until, in, on, by, from, for, with. Some of them are used several times.
1.There are five major manufacturers ___civil transport aircraft.
2. Boeing, Airbus, Ilyushin and Tupolev concentrate on wide-body and narrow-body jet airliners, while Bombardier, Embraer and Sukhoi concentrate ___ regional airliners.
3.Large networks ___ specialized parts suppliers ____around the world support these manufacturers, who sometimes provide only the initial design and final assembly __their own plants.
4 .The Chinese ACAC consortium will also soon enter the civil transport market ___its Comac ARJ21 regional jet.
5.___the 1970s, most major airlines were flag carriers, sponsored __ their governments and heavily protected __ competition.
6. Each country regulates aviation differently, but general aviation usually falls ___different regulations depending ___whether it is private or commercial and __ the type of equipment involved.
7. Many small aircraft manufacturers serve the general aviation market, __a focus on private aviation and flight training.
8.The most important recent developments __ small aircraft have been the introduction __ advanced avionics that were formerly found only __ large airliners, and the introduction __ composite materials to make small aircraft lighter and faster.
9.Manufacturers__ military aircraft compete __ contracts __ supply their government's arsenal.
10.Aircraft are selected based ___ factors like cost, performance, and the speed __production.
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1.In pairs, interview your partner about the topic.
2. Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions about the topic.
1. Write true (t) or false (f).
a.Military aviation is a comprehensive term covering the use of air transportation, airplane or helicopter, to move patients to and from healthcare facilities and accident scenes.
b.Civil Aviation is the use of military aircraft and other flying machines for the purposes of conducting or enabling aerial warfare.
c. Air medical service is one of two major categories of flying, representing all non-military aviation, both private and commercial.
d. General aviation includes all non-scheduled civil flying, both private and commercial.
e. Many small aircraft manufacturers serve the Military aviation market, with a focus on commercial aviation and flight training.
f.There are ten major manufacturers of civil transport aircraft.