2015-08-21
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1. The (elevator, rudder, aileron) on an aircraft is an essential component on the tail that is used by the pilot to control the yaw axis.
2. The rudder of an airplane is usually controlled by (foot pedals, flaps, joystick), and when the pedals or rudder are defective the pilot becomes unable to fully control the plane.
3. Federal law dictates that pilots cannot drink alcohol within (two, five, eight) hours of a flight.
4. People diagnosed with (flu, epilepsy, cancer) are forbidden by law to fly aircraft by the Federal Aviation Administration.
5. (Fuel exhaustion, fuel injection, fuel starvation) takes place when the aircraft is completely out of fuel.
6. (Fuel injection, fuel starvation, fuel exhaustion) occurs when fuel remains but the pilot does not switch tanks after one runs dry.
7. Reciprocating engines require avgas, while turbine engines must run on (jet fuel, alternative fuel, gas fuel).
8. (Lift, gas, aircraft fuel) is what feeds engines and allows a vehicle to become and remain airborne.
9. (The fuel pump, fuel tank, fuel battery) of an aircraft allows fuel to be distributed from tanks to the engines.
10. A number of fatal accidents have been caused by (wind strike, bird strike, rain strike), one of which killed 62 passengers in 1960.
Exercise 4. Answer the questions:
1. What percent of all general aviation mishaps do descent and landing accidents account for?
2. What is an aborted landing?
3. What do preflight and planning stages of the operation involve?
4. What responsibility does a pilot or airline have before taking off?
5. Are all the machines always completely foolproof?
6. What kind of failure is responsible for 13 percent of all commercial airplane accidents from 1950 through 2004?
7. What can aging electrical systems on older airplanes cause?
8. What can happen, when pilots are negligent or make errors while on the job?
9. What can happen when a gas or fuel leak occurs?
10. Birds are a common threat to airline safety, aren’t they?
Exercise 5. Finish the sentences:
1. The term fixed-wing can apply to…
2. Engine failure is a mechanical problem that can easily lead to…
3. The rudder on an aircraft is an essential component on the tail that is used by the pilot to control…
4. Steep turns, slow flight, stalls and stall recovery, spins and spin recovery, and forced landings are all procedures that pilots should have mastered before…
5. Federal law dictates that pilots cannot drink alcohol…
6. Studies have suggested that the number of serious errors made by pilots dramatically increases at blood alcohol concentration (BAC) levels as low as…
7. People diagnosed with epilepsy are forbidden by law to fly aircraft by…
8. There are two main forms of fuel mismanagement: …
9. When the supply of fuel is interrupted, the fate of the aircraft is…
10. It is estimated that on average each commercial airplane in the United States is struck by lightning at least…
