Word List. 1. What is the rate of incidents, involving business-jet operations?

vulnerable	[7vVlnErEbl]	уязвимый
fleet	[7fli:t]	парк
benchmark	[7bentS6ma:k]	критерий, отметка
evidence	[7evidEns]	доказательство
distribution	[distri7bju:Sn]	распределение
exceed	[ik7si:d]	превышать
overall	[6EuvE7rO:l]	полный, всеобщий
underlying	[6VndE7laiN]	лежащий в основе
rival	[7raivEl]	соперничать
tier	[7taiE]	связующее звено, крепление
altimeter-setting	[7Xltimi:tE 6setiN]	установка шкалы высотомера
carry out	[7kEri 6aut]	выполнять, осуществлять
error	[7erE]	ошибка
gross	[7grOs]	большой
commit	[kE7mit]	совершать
jet	[d3et]	- реактивный
disproportionate	[6dispre7pO:SEnEl]	несоразмерный
runway incursion	[7runwei in7kB:Sn]	вторжение на ВПП
reveal	[ri7vi:l]	открывать
complexity	[kEm7pleksiti]	сложность
recurrent	[ri7kVrEnt]	повторяющийся периодически
cruise	[7kru:z]	крейсерский
curriculum	[kE7rikjuElEm]	курс обучения, план
apparently	[E7pXrEntli]	очевидно
terrain	[ti7rein]	местность, земля
airborne	[7eE6bO:n]	находящийся в воздухе
collision	[kE7liSEn]	столкновение
preliminary	[pri7liminEri]	подготовительный, предварительный
puzzling	[‘pVzliN]	приводящий в замешательство
winglet	[7wiNglit]	винглет
stabilizer	[7stXbilaizE]	стабилизатор
prosecution	[6prOsi7kju:Sn]	судебное преследование
underestimate	[6VndEr7estimeit]	недооценивать
legacy	[7legEsi]	наследие
go-around	[7gBu E7raund]	уход на второй круг

Exercise3.2 Answer the questions.

1. What is the rate of incidents, involving business-jet operations?

2. Where does the greatest number of the runway-incursion occur?

3. What is the reason for the disparity between airline and business aircraft safety?

4. What are the reasons the accident rate is low now?

5. Why isn’t the number of accidents and incidents related to engine failure decreasing, despite of engine reliability?

6. What are the most frequent flight phases in which failures occur?

7. Do pilots easily recognize failures and deal with engine problems?

8. Does simulator training reflect the reality?

9. There are three fatal accidents in the USA involving Cessna Citations 560. What did they involve?

10. What did two of them result in?

11. What did one of them attempt to do? What happened?

12. What happened to another Citation in Iraq?

13. What is the most puzzling accident of 2006 annoy the business jets?

14. How were they proceeding? What happened?

15. Which aircraft survived?

Exercise3.3. Give Ukrainian equivalents to the following word combinations and make up sentences with them.

Despite the fact; fleet distribution; overall sector; safety performance; altimeter-setting errors; gross navigational errors; runway- incursion incidents; airport’s complexity; recurrent simulator training; controlled flight into terrain.

Exercise 3. 4 Put questions to the words in italics.

1. Business in aviation is guilty of understanding how vulnerable it is when it comes to safety.

2. This is despite the fact that accident rates in the USA and Europe are generally falling.

3. More than three fifths of the world’s fleet of business aircraft is in the USA.

4. There is evidence the world fleet distribution may be changing slowly.

5. A recent analysis of business-jet safety incidents in UK airspace has indicated that the overall sector doesn’t have an underlying safety performance.

6. This study refers to incidents of risk rather than accidents as proof of it.

7. As for runway-incursion incidents, Schofield revealed, the largest number in the UK occurs at London Heathrow airport.

8. All pilots receive recurrent simulator training in engine-failure during take-off.

9. All three accidents involved apparently unstabilised approaches, two of which resulted in fatal overruns.

10. The aircraft were heading in opposite directions on the same Brazilian airway at the same flight level.

Exercise 3. 5 Match the words in the right column with their definitions in the left column.

A	B
1. To be greater in degree or quantity	a. accident
2. A number of aircraft under the same ownership	b. exceed
3. Any evidence that establishes the truth	c. error
4. A mistake or inaccuracy in action	d. fleet
5. An unforeseen event	e. rival
6. Capable of being physically or emotionally hurt	f. questionnaire
7. To try to equal or surpass	g. benchmark
8. One of a set of rows placed one above and behind the other	h. proof
9. A criterion by which to measure sth; standard	i. tier
10. A set of questions on a form, submitted to a number of people in order to collect statistical information	j. vulnerable

Exercise 3. 6 Say if the sentences are true or false. Correct the false ones.

1. Business aviation is not guilty of understanding just how vulnerable it is when it comes to safety.

2. This is despite the fact that accident rates in the USA and Europe are generally falling.

3. More than four fifths of the world’s fleet of business aircraft is in the USA.

4. There is evidence the world fleet distribution may be changing quickly.

5. A recent analysis of business-jet safety incidents in UK airspace has indicated that the overall sector doesn’t have an underlying safety performance.

6. This study refers to accidents rather than incidents of risk as proof of it.

7. As for runway-incursion incidents, Schofield revealed, the largest number in the UK occurs at London Heathrow airport.

8. All pilots receive recurrent simulator training in engine-failure during approach.

9. All three accidents involved apparently unstabilised approaches, two of which resulted in fatal overruns.

10. The aircraft were heading in the same directions on the same Brazilian airway at the same flight level.

Exercise 3.7 Translate the sentences into English.

1. Согласно недавним исследованиям, авиация деловых полётов недооценивает уязвимость безопасности.

2. Уровень катастроф в США и Европе снижается.

3. Больше 3\5 парка ВС для деловых полётов сосредоточено в США.

4. Есть доказательства того, что мировое распределение парка самолётов может постепенно измениться.

5. Недавние исследования относятся к случайности, как указателю риска, но не к катастрофам.

6. Грубые навигационные ошибки в зоне Атлантического океана совершаются экипажем ВС для деловых перевозок.

7. Относительно случаев вторжения на ВПП, определил, что их большая часть в Объединённом Королевстве происходит в Хитроу.

8. Это происходит из-за сложности строения аэропорта и общего движения.

9. Большое количество отказа двигателей приводит к инцидентам или катастрофам, тренажер не отображает реальности.

10. Самолеты летели с противоположными курсами по одной Бразильской воздушной трассе на одном эшелоне.

Exercise 3.8 Give synonyms to the following words.

Discover; obviously; land; park; accelerate; difficulty; strike; mistake; compete; link; fundamental; missed approach; catastrophe; bound for; evidence; operation.

Exercise 3.9 Match the Russian terms in the left column with the English equivalents in the right column.

A	B
1. Воздушное пространство	a. resolution advisory
2. Нестабильный подход	b. flight level
3. Распределение парка самолётов	c. simulator training
4. Отказ двигателя	d. unstabilised approach
5. Вторжение на ВПП	e. business aviation
6. Подготовка на тренажере	f. fleet distribution
7. Уход на второй круг	g. airspace
8. Авиация деловых полётов	h. engine failure
9. Сообщение о разрешении столкновения	i. runway incursion
10. Эшелон полёта	j. go-around

Exercise 3.10 Complete the sentences.

1. Business aviation is guilty of underestimating ______.

2. This is despite the fact that ______.

3. More than three fifths of the world's fleet ______.

4. This study, however, refers to incidents as indicators of risk ______.

5. Speaking at the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition in May ______.

6. In addition, he said that ______.

7. As for runway-incursion incidents, Schofield revealed ______.

8. All pilots receive recurrent simulator training in engine failure during take-off, and ______.

9. There were three fatal accidents ______.

10. One involved an attempted late go-around during which ______.

Exercise 3.11 Make a short summary of the text.

Exercise 3. 12. Retell the text.

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