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Plain English - Listening for gist.

Unit 14 Icing

A. Listen to a type rating instructor talking about an icing event. Put the events in the correct order.

a. The pilot contacted ATC.

b. The pilot stated he would try until conditions improved.

c. The aircraft rapidly began losing airspeed.

d. Ice began building up on the wing.

e. The pilo9t made an emergency descent.

B. Listen again and decide what these numbers mean.

1. 8-200

2. -8

3. 1,200

4. 4 15

5. 1,200

6. 4,000

7. 11,000

A. Listen to the dialogue. Put the events in the correct order.

a. 28D gets control of the aircraft at 6,500ft.

b. 28D says they would like to continue the approach.

c. A Dornier, call sign 28 D, makes an uncontrolled descent.

d. The ATCO thinks the ice is causing problems for communication.

e. The ATCO suggests 28D’s airspeed instrument is malfunctioning

f. United 883 is issued approach clearance.

g. The ATCO warns 28D about the possible icing conditions ahead.

h. United 883 reports icing conditions to the ATCO.

5a. Vocabulary Check.

Mach the words in the box with the definitions.

pick up (v) build up (v) boot (n) freeze up (v)

melt (v) vibrate (v) accumulate (v) heat (n)

1. To get more and more of something over a period of time.

2. To increase.

3. To collect a quantity of something.

4. The quality of being hot.

5. A tube bonded to a surface, e.g. wing edge. When pressurized with fluid, it breaks up ice.

6. Becomes so cold that it does not work.

7. To change a solid substance into a liquid.

8. To shake very quickly with small movements.

 

 

5b. Complete the General Aviation Owner’s Club guidance briefing on VIP visits with the words from 5a.

GAOC safety guidance


Ice in flight is bad news. Ice (1) _____ on every exposed frontal surface of the airplane. I

t (2) ______ where no (3) ______ can (4) ______ it, and where (5) ______ can’t break it. This is not just the wings, propeller, and windshield, but also on the antennas, vents, intakes, and cowlings. It can cause pilot tubes to (6) ______ , and antennas to (7) _______ so severely that they break. In moderate to severe conditions, a light aircraft can (8) ______ so much ice that continued flight is impossible.

Discussion

Discuss the questions with a partner.

2. What meteorological conditions lead to icing?

3. Why is ice accretion a problem?

4. What equipment do aircraft have to manage icing?

5. What do pilots typically do if they experience severe icing in flight?

 

 

Unit 16

Depressurization

1aDescribe what you can see in the picture. Use the words below.

Top, failure, damaged, structural, vehicle, section.

1bAnswer the questions.

1. How do you think the damage occurred?

2. What would be the effect of the damage on the handling of the plane?

3. What could the pilot have done in order to land the damaged plane successfully?

4. Where do you think the picture was taken?



5. What do you think will happen next?

Plain English - Listening for gist.

2a (2.17) Listen to a news report on a depressurization incident. Choose the most suitable heading.

1. Terrorists attack grounds plane.

2. Oxygen cylinder turns into bomb.

3. Lucky escape for passengers.

2b (2.17) Listen again and correct five errors in the summary.

An oxygen cylinder blew a hole in an A330 leading to a loss of cabin pressure. The aircraft left Oslo with 384 passengers and eight crew. A loud bang was heard just after take off. No one was heard but a one meter rupture was covered in fuselage. Cylinders had failed on other aircraft but usually as a result of internet causes such as fire.


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