✈️Aviation English

2021-07-08 00:35:06 Open / Comment

2021-07-06 15:59:57 Over the last years fatigue among pilots and ATCs has become a genuine concern in aviation world.If authorities schedule them to WORK TO THE LIMIT (to fly more than 90 flight hours per month;to work the whole shift without substitution),they become exhausted and as a result more prone to mistakes. Open / Comment

2021-07-02 21:24:34 A cargo plane made an emergency ditching in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Hawaii early Friday and both crew members on board have been rescued.

The pilots of the Transair Flight 810 reported engine trouble and were attempting to return to Honolulu when they were forced to land the Boeing 737 in the water.

Rescuers in a Coast Guard helicopter spotted the debris field and two people in the water.

One pilot was hoisted into the helicopter and taken to Queens Medical Center. The Honolulu Fire Department rescued the other pilot. Open / Comment

2021-06-30 06:06:25 During a healthy pregnancy, it’s generally safe to fly until 36 weeks. Most airlines in the United States allow pregnant women to fly domestically in their third trimester before the 36th week. Some international flights restrict travel after 28 weeks.

Airport X-rays and advanced imaging technology are generally considered safe for all passengers, including pregnant women.
If you’re concerned, you request a pat-down screening instead of walking through a metal detector. Tell the officer at airport security you’re pregnant and are opting for a pat-down. A female security officer will inform you of the process and perform the screening. Open / Comment

2021-06-29 06:36:18 Recently we have had a discussion with my student "Who from medical staff arrives in an ambulance at the airport in case of emergency landing-doctors or paramedics?And what is the difference?
A paramedic is a medical professional, usually a member of the emergency medical service, who primarily provides pre-hospital advanced medical and trauma care.
He is not  a doctor, nurse, or physician's assistant.
Paramedics may be required to:

Perform cardiac support for heart attack victims

Perform emergency respiratory procedures for people with blocked airways

Administer IV (intravenous) fluids

Bandage wounds

Stabilize head and neck injuries

Stabilize broken bones

Resuscitate drowning victims

Perform emergency childbirth procedures

Assess health situations

Administer medications




An emergency physician is a physician who works at the emergency department of a hospital to care for acutely ill patients. Open / Comment

2021-06-28 11:53:52 FOLLOW-ME car.
Lamborghini Huracan EVO.
Bologna Airport. Open / Comment

2021-06-27 08:10:51 to make redundant - to dismiss a person, who is no longer needed, from job (увольнять по сокращению штата);

to squeeze - to reduce drastically (to squeeze a salary);

an urban myth - a strange or surprising story which many people believe is true, but which is not actually true (байка, выдумка, выдаваемая за правду)

mortgage ['mɔːgɪʤ] - a loan which you get from a bank in order to buy a house (ипотека); to remortgage - to take out another or a different kind of mortgage (закладывать уже заложенное имущество)

Source:
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-57449833 Open / Comment

2021-06-23 14:15:25 Aircraft Carrier shock trial.

The Navy sets off giant explosion to test USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier. The blast registered as a 3.9 magnitude earthquake.

Objective: to find out if the carrier, which cost $13 billion to build, could withstand combat conditions and is ready to go to war. Open / Comment

2021-06-23 00:07:15 to catch up (догнать, настигнуть) - to reach somebody who is ahead by going faster

Lockheed U2 - Dragon Lady Open / Comment

2021-06-21 16:38:12 I have a number of ATCs students who work at the airports which provide service for civil and military traffic. And quite often they are confused what it is in English.
Let's remember it!

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. Open / Comment