✈️Aviation English

A trijet is an aircraft powered by three engines. Today, the number of trijets is dwindling( сокращаться), and there are no commercial passenger operators. However, cargo and military operators still keep these aircraft in the skies. Trijets are known to be more economical than the quadjet (четырехдвигательный самолет) (Airbus A340 or A380); however, the introduction of the Airbus A330 and A350 or Boeing 767, 787, and 777 led to the trijet's demise (кончина, смерть).

All air traffic controllers work in shifts. Did you know a synonym for "shift"? It is a "watch". Advance your vocabulary! Use the synonyms! Yesterday I had a day watch and that's why I didn't have any free time. Frankly speaking, I am into night watches.

Thin air at high altitudes is incompatible with the life of a person. Some passengers sustained incompatible with life injuries after a crash-landing.

Thin air at high altitudes is incompatible with the life of a person. Some passengers sustained injuries incompatible with life after a crash landing.

Remember that "to strike" is a an irregular verb. Its forms are "strike-struck-struck". What will happen if a plane is struck by a lightning? - (I like asking this question at exams). Let's consider what to answer. Let's roll. Modern aircraft are designed to withstand many environmental conditions including lightning strikes. While that may be terrifying for flight crew or passengers, millions of volts of electricity generally exit the airplane in a designed fashion. Lightning strikes can rarely cause physical damage to the aircraft. While most pilots continue to fly after a known lightning strike, some may declare an emergency and land the plane. An aircraft skin is a great conductor of electricity due to the use of metals. Lightning typically strikes the aircraft's extremities, such as the nose or the wing tip. The lightning charge exits from another extremity of the aircraft. An electric charge can enter and exit the aircraft without damaging the aircraft interior.

Handover commences in "clean" situations, i.e. there is no emergency or abnormal situation developing and the conflicts are either solved or a plan for their resolution has been made. The relieving controller is supposed to arrive earlier and the relieved controller is supposed to remain near the working position until they are certain that the new controller's situational awareness is at the desired level. Check-lists are used so that vital information is not neglected or omitted. The handover-takeover process is not supposed to coincide with a change of the ATC sector configuration.

An interesting idiom of C2 level. It means "to be very likely to become a disaster". All of the first officer's actions violated the safety rules and were a recipe for disaster. What pilot's/ATC's actions can be a recipe for disaster?

A joint-use airport is an aerodrome that is used for both military aviation and civil aviation. They typically contain facilities of both a civil airport and a military air base. What issues can appear at joint-use airports?

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Hello, guys) I'll have some openings from the 15th of April becuase 2 of my students have already passed the ICAO exam . Will be able to take a student for one-to-one lessons in Aviation English. DM) Всем привет. У меня появились окошки в расписании с 15 апреля, так как мои 2 студента сдали экзамен ИКАО. Смогу взять одного человека для индивидуальных занятий по авиационному английскому. Пишите)