VI. Explain the meaning of the phrases.

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 423.

V. Answer the following questions using the underlined words in the answers.

I. New vocabulary.

LANDING GEAR PROBLEMS

UNIT 10

Serve as a simultaneous interpreter of the summary stated above.

Make a summary in Russian of the text you haven't read.

· To extend gear/ to low down gear

· To retract gear

· Tire burst

· Gear malfunction

· To perform/ to carry out/ to execute landing/to land

· To apply attempt

· To ditch ( to perform ditching)

· To flip over

· To veer

· To get stuck

· To skid off the RW

· To slide of the RW

· To overrun RW

· To overshoot RW

· To undershoot the RW

· To collapse ( about gear)

· To bog

· Flyby

· To perform low pass

· To perform belly landing/ landing with wheels up

· To execute G-load procedure

· Sparks

· To tow

· Wheel is swinging

· Unable to halt

· To disintegrate

· RW excursion

· To be locked sideways

· Tire shredded away

1. What may be the reasons of aircraft disintegration while landing?

2. What can lead to skidding off the RW?

3. What altitude is flyby performed at?

4. In what cases do the pilots perform G-load procedure?

5. Is it possible to ditch the aircraft on the sea during night?

6. What human mistakes can result in undershooting of the RW?

7. What can be expected if tire shredded away during landing?

· Low pass

· G-load procedure

· Ditching

· RW excursion

· Skid off the RW, slide of the RW, veer off the RW