Exercise 5

Exercise 4

Make up as many sentences as possible, with the words ‘track’ and ‘glidepath’.

Example: Swissair 362. On track.

on

100 m left of

150 m right of track

200 m left of

400 m right of

 

closing

closing slowly from the left (right)

closing quickly

 

on

80 m above

50 m below glidepath

30 m above

20 m below

 

Listen to the dialogue and speak. You are a Precision controller. The aircraft is making an ILS approach. Use exercise 3 as an example and fill in the controller's words using words and phrases given below. Practice the exercise several times. Work in pairs.

 

continue approach; approaching glidepath; touchdown; above; closing from the right; right of track; cleared to land; left of track; on track; height; altitude

 

АСFТ: Kharkov-Precision, KLM 302. Long final ... metres.

PRSN: КLM 302, Kharkov-Precision. .…. kilometres from .…. , .…. metres right of track.

АСFT: KLM 302.

PRSN: KLM 302, .…. kilometres from .…. , .…. metres ....……………. .

ACFT: KLM 302.

PRSN: KLM 302, ... kilometres from .…. , …………… .

ACFT: KLM 302.

PRSN: КLM 302, On glidepath. Cleared to land, wind...

ACFT: Cleared to land, KLM 302.

PRSN: KLM 302, .…. kilometres from ……… , .…. metres ..…….. glidepath.

PRSN: KLM 302, .…. kilometres from ..…….. . On glidepath.

PRSN: KLM 302, .…. metres from ..…….. . Runway ahead of you.

 

MINI-TEST (p. 210, 4.5)

Listen to the dialogue and answer the questions:

1) What is the aircraft callsign?

2) Why is it necessary to turn left heading 250?

3) What is the RW number?

4) What is surface wind speed and direction?