Effects of weather

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You are going to hear about the effects of weather. Answer the questions by writing short answers.

1. What does a pilot obtain before taking off?

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2. Who prepares a weather chart?

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3. What does a weather chart show?

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4. What does a high-pressure area usually mean?

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5. What does a low-pressure area involve?

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6. When can a pilot decide to postpone the flight?

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7. What may delay the arrival of flights?

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8. Why can the tailwind be of great advantage?

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º Exercise 3

Flight hazards

1. Listen to the tape and number the flight hazards in order they are presented in the text.

· flock of birds ……..

· rubbish on the runways ……..

· pilot error ……..

· turbulent conditions ……..

· snow, slush and ice ……..

· severe wind-gusts…….

· ice and snow build-ups …….

2. Listen to the tape again and complete the summary.

Flying is one of the safest forms of transport because ……………………………..

Planes are regularly …………………………………………………………………

Runways and lighting systems are ………………………………………………….

A team of men……………………………………………………………………….

Take-off and landing are ……………………………………………………………

Careful pre-flight inspection should ………………………………………………..

Different obstructions near the airport can be ………………………………………

The pilot can be considered a potential hazard because of.........................................

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º Exercise 4

Collision course

1. Read the sentences, then listen to the tape and fill in the missing information.

1. The worst accident was caused by a crew thinking they had …………………. when they did not.

2. That was at the old Tenerife airport in ……………….

3. The KLM crew read back the departure clearance and then reported: "………………….".

4. The KLM 747 began rolling down the foggy runway and ………………… the Pan Am aircraft.

5. The top risk is still pilots…………………………….

6. Second is ………………….. for take-off without clearance.

7. Most other events occur because the pilot ………………………… on the airfield.

2. Listen to the tape again. For questions 1-6, decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).

1. In the Tenerife accident 583 people were killed. …..

2. A Pan American World Airways 747 was cleared to backtrack along runway 12 about 10 min behind KLM..…

3. The KLM crew reported ready for take-off and were given their departure clearance..…

4. In runway collision at Milan airport no one was killed...…

5. The Cessna pilot took the wrong taxiway...…

6. The runway collision at Milan airport was in December 2001..….

º Exercise 5.

1. You are going to hear about the runway collision at Paris airport. Listen to the tape and fill in the missing information.

Date	25/5/00
Airport
Air companies	Air Liberte ……………………………
On taxying frequency	all flights were speaking …….. except ……………….
Visibility
The controller was talking	to Air Liberte in…………… to Streamline in English
ATC was blamed for