Comprehension Check

You have read the text. Fill in the picture with missing terms from the text.

Complete the table according to the content of the text.

Component	Function
	To to develop the necessary supporting force
Fuselage
	To to change the attitude and direction of flight
Power plant
Aileron
	To to control the airplane’s movement up and down about the lateral axis
Cockpit
	To to house luggage and cargo
	To to control the movement of the airplane around the vertical axis
Nacelle
Landing gear
	To to provide stability of flight

Read the sentences and decide if they are true (T) or false (F). Correct the false ones.

1. Power plant produces lifting force.

2. The rear part of the fuselage is designed for the cockpit.

3. The landing gear is designed to assist the airplane maneuvering on the ground.

4. Ailerons, flaps and trimmers are located at the trailing edge of the wing.

5. Flight controls produce additional lifting force.

6. Empennage is mounted on the wing centre-section.

4. Answer the following questions:

1. What units does the airplane consist of?

2. The power plant is a source of power, isn’t it?

3. What does the cockpit house?

4. Is the function of the wing to support the aircraft in flight?

5. Where are movable parts of the wing? Name them.

6. Does the tail unit consist of a vertical stabilizer and rudder and horizontal stabilizer and elevators?

7. What components are responsible for airplane motion? Where are they located?

8. What is the function of the landing gear?

Vocabulary Focus

1. Match the words from A and B. Make as many combinations as possible.

A B

Horizontal Edge

Lifting Compartment

Passenger Surface

Sweptback Unit

Trailing Shape

Movable Plant

Structural Part

Power Stabilizer

2. Find the words in the text that mean:

air flow (F); engine (B); surface (E); to locate (C); to hinge (J); energy (B); usual (J); to manage (F); form (D); compartment (C); wing (D).

3. Translate the words in brackets:

a) into Russian:

1. Силовая установка (provides) энергией.

2. (Nacelles) – это отсеки, вмещающие двигатель и его вспомогательные элементы.

3. Фюзеляж (contains) кабину пилота, пассажирский и багажный отсеки.

4. На задней кромке крыла располагаются (ailerons, flaps) и триммеры.

b) into English:

1. (Руль направления) is hinged to the vertical stabilizer.

2. The main landing gear (прикрепляются) by struts to the fuselage.

3. The wings are the main (подъёмные плоскости).

4. There are conventional (трёхопорное шасси) and the landing gear with a (хвостовой опорой).