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1. There are five stages of the descent and landing process: descent, approach, landing, go-around or aborted landing, and (рулювання).
2. Preflight involves preflight inspections for safety, flight preparation, taxiing, and (зліт).
3. Aging electrical systems on older airplanes can cause severe (авіакатастрофи).
4. When these instruments are unreadable, pilots must fly blindly and the lives of pilots and passengers are (піддаються ризику).
5. The term fixed-wing can apply to monoplanes, biplanes, and (трипланів).
6. People diagnosed with epilepsy are forbidden by law to fly aircraft by the (Федеральним управлінням ЦА США).
7. There are two main forms of fuel mismanagement: fuel exhaustion and (нестача пального).
8. Reciprocating engines require avgas, while turbine engines must run on (пальному для реактивних двигунів).
9. During an eleven year period, 48 percent of light aircraft weather accidents were caused by winds blowing aircraft off the side or end of (злітно-посадкової смуги).
10. At these times visibility is often so poor that instruments must be relied upon almost exclusively to determine one’s position and (прилеглі території).
Exercise 10. Put questions to the underlined part of the sentences.
1. Structural defects can lead to dramatic and unpredictable aviation accidents.
2. Commercial, military, and private aviation organizations employ aircraft maintenance technicians to constantly work on aircraft to keep them safe and in working order.
3. A mid-air collision is every pilot and passenger’s worst nightmare and one of the most dramatic types of aviation accident.
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4. Bird strike is such a serious problem that the FAA estimates it costs United States aviation $480 million each year.
5. Rain and thunderstorms can be extremely hazardous to aviation.
6. During an eleven year period, 48 percent of light aircraft weather accidents were caused by winds blowing aircraft off the side or end of a runway on takeoff.
7. Aircraft fuel is what feeds engines and allows a vehicle to become and remain airborne.
8. Reciprocating engines require avgas, while turbine engines must run on jet fuel.
9. Pilots must act quickly when they observe a leak taking place.
10. Fuel exhaustion takes place when the aircraft is completely out of fuel.
Exercise 11. Give Ukrainian equivalents to the following word combinations.
1. Decent and landing accidents
2. Aborted landing
3. Taxi and takeoff accidents
4. Electrical malfunction
5. Flight maneuvers
6. Federal Aviation Administration
7. Fuel mismanagement
8. Wind shear
9. Mid-air collision
10. Air traffic control.
