LANDING EXERCISES

A. VOCABULARY

1. Decide if the words are related to arrival, departure or gear/brake

problems. Write A, D, or G/B next each one!

roll out ___ rotate ___ overheat ___ extend ___

flare ___ touch down ___ lock ___ seize ___
retract ___ collapse ___ get stuck ___ line up ___

2. Match the verbs 1-10 with the definitions a-j.

1) Collapse a. to become too hot

2) extend b. to become caught or held in a position so that
you cannot move
3) seize c. to form a row with other people
4) get stuck d. to fall down suddenly
5) line up e. to draw something in, eg the landing gear after
take-off
6) flare f. to make something go to as full length, eg the
landing gear after take-off
7) overheat g. to land
8) retract h. to land on the rear landing gear to absorb the
force of the landing
9) touch down i. to raise the nose of an aircraft during take-off
10) rotate j. to suddenly slop moving or working properly
B. LISTENING

1. Listen to three dialogues between pilots and tower controllers.

Choose the best picture (a-d) for each dialogue.

Recording 1 & 2 1 ____
Recording 3 2 ____
Recording 4 & 5 3 ____

2. Listen to the three dialogues again and underline the correct information.

Recording 1 & 2
1) Macair 319 has / doesn’t have a green light for the nose gear.
2) After making a low pass, Macair 319 wants to fly east / orbit the
aereodrome.

Recording 3
3) A30 is arriving / departing traffic.
4) A30 is going to return immediately / try and solve the problem.

Recording 4 & 5
5) S62 has little / a lot of fuel remaining.
6) S62 is behind / in front of Fastair 350.
 3. Listen again and complete the dialogues.

1) Recording 2
Pilot : I’m sorry. The nose wheel is in position?
(1)__________? Macair 319.
Controller : Macair 319. Negative. (2)__________ The nose wheel
appears down but it’s at a 900 angle.
Pilot : (3)__________ The nose gear is down but stuck at
900. Macair 319.
Controller : Macair 319. (4)__________

2) Recording 3
Controller : A30. It appears your main gear hasn't retracted.
Pilot : Roger, my main gear has retracted. Thank you sir.
A30.
Controller : A30. (5) Negative. __________. Your main gear is
not retracted. It is still visible.
Pilot : OK. Our main gear is stuck ... er ... OK A30.

3) Recording 5
Pilot : Tower, this is Fastair 350 on three-mile final. The
apron is to the right of runway 34R. (6)__________
34L for the belly-landing for traffic behind me?
Controller : Fastair 350. Affirm. Thank you.

C. FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE
1. Match the beginnings and endings of the sentences.

1) The plane looks ... a. she has a lot of traffic to deal with at
the moment.
2) This is your captain speaking. b. be lifting.
I'm afraid it looks like ...
3) Dumping the fuel seemed c. damaged.
like ...
4) It felt as if ... d. he is going to pass out.

5) It doesn't look as though the e. relaxed and in control.

passenger ...
6) The fog appears to ... f. we may have to divert to another
airport.
7) The flight attendant gave the g. a good idea at the time
impression that ...
 8) The controller sounds like ... h. is going to calm down

9) The passenger looks as if ... i. the right wing was heavier than the
left.
10) The pilot sounds ... j. there might be a problem with one of
the passengers.

2. Complete the sentences with words from the box.

like as looks seems though appears impression sounds

1) One of the engines __________ strange, so we’ll get it checked.

2) It feels __________ if the cabin temperature has dropped.
3) The runway __________ wet.
4) It ___________ like it always rains when I come to London.
5) That Cessna __________ to be preparing to take off.
6) It looks __________ the windshield is icing up.
7) It looks as __________ we’re going to be delayed.
8) The sunshine gives the __________ that the air temperature is warm,
but in fact it’s well below freezing.

3. Underline the correct alternative.

1) The helicopter hovered just above / into the helped before landing.
2) He looked under / around and all he could see was thick fog.
3) Please stow your bags below / down the seat in front of you.
4) The pilot looked down / out of and saw the burning aircraft on the
runway.
5) The jumbo let was towed over / into the hangar.
6) Lifejackets are found over / under your seats.
7) We eventually managed to climb down / out of the fog.
8) She suggested flying over / through the city to get a good view.
9) He changed his heading to avoid going under / through the
hailstorm.
10) They decided to divert and fly towards / down Seattle instead.