- •International civil aviation organization
- •English for air traffic controllers
- •Introduction
- •Lesson 1 flight ba 624 from mirabel international airport, montreal to heathrow international airport, london
- •Ba 624 at holding position
- •Vocabulary
- •Lesson 2
- •Aeronautical information service (ais)
- •Vocabulary
- •Lesson 3
- •The effects of the weather on aviation
- •Vocabulary
- •Lesson 4 the control tower
- •Vocabulary
- •Lesson 5 approach control
- •Vocabulary
- •Lesson 6 a conversation between a flight dispatcher and a pilot
- •Vocabulary
- •Lesson 7 area control service
- •Vocabulary
- •Lesson 8 radio navigation aids - vor/dme
- •Lesson 9 radio navigation aids aids to final approach and landing ils
- •Ils facility
- •Vocabulary
- •Lesson 10 conversations
- •Vocabulary
- •Lesson 11
- •Approach and landing
- •Lesson 12
- •Visual aids for navigation markings and lights
- •Vocabulary
- •Vasis is
- •Lesson 13 a short history of radar
- •Reflected energy
- •Vocabulary
- •Lesson 14 some problems associated with radar
- •Vocabulary
- •Lesson 15 other navigational aids
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary index
Lesson 6 a conversation between a flight dispatcher and a pilot
A pilot can give his flight plan to an ATS Unit or he can hand it to his flight dispatcher. In fact, that is what the First Officer of UN 739 was doing when the conversation between them turned to the pilot's destination.
Flight Dispatcher: "So you are heading for O'Hare
Aerodrome? Isn't it the busiest aerodrome in the
world?"
Pilot: "It certainly seems that way when you get
into that traffic circuit. I have flown in there many
times and the traffic is always stacked."
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CONVERSATION
Is a Cessna a small type of aircraft? Is it a twin engine type aircraft? A jet? What type of aircraft is a Cessna? A Beechcraft? A Concord? A Boeing 747?
Does an international airport receive flights from other countries? Does it receive gliders? Balloons? What type of aircraft does an international airport receive? Where do planes come from that operate in and out of international airports? Name some of the well known International airports?
Do domestic flights also use international airports? Do domestic flights follow the same traffic circuit as international flights? Do domestic flights have their own aerodrome? Is military aviation domestic? Are planes from other countries domestic? What planes are domestic? Domestic flights follow the same safety standards as international flights?
Is a holding point situated above an aerodrome? Are flights stacked at a holding point? Why are they stacked at a holding point? Who gives them clearance to leave the holding point? What is another name for a holding point? Where are flights generally going from a holding point, up or down?
Is a Boeing 707 a subsonic aircraft? Are military planes usually subsonic? What type of plane is a B- 707? Military jet? Concord? etc.
Do you like cars? Radios? Motorbikes? Would you like to revert back to the days before cars and radios? Why wouldn't you like to revert back to the 19th century? What would we lose if we reverted back to the 19th century?
WRITTEN EXERCISES
Instructions to students: Using the following vocabulary or expressions, invent appropriate air traffic
controllers' instructions to pilots.
Example: "Hold short of, you say something like: "Hold short of runway two fower ". Write on a
separate sheet of paper. You may use more than one of the following words or expressions in the same sentence.
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cleared to |
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roger |
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taxi to |
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go ahead |
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tune in to |
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via flight plan route |
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contact approach control |
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hold short of |
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heading |
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flight level 290 |
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over |
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the current weather conditions are |