| 1. A mid-air collision
| a. an essential component on the tail that is used by the pilot to control the yaw axis.
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| 2. Aircraft fuel
| b. one of the most important parts of a flight.
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| 3. Engine damage
| c. what feeds engines and allows a vehicle to become and remain airborne.
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| 4. The rudder on an aircraft
| d. a circumstance where the pilot of a plane must take control and abandon his or her landing plan for a safer alternative.
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| 5. Engine failure
| e. the most common type of accident.
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| 6. Preflight and planning stages of the operation
| f. every pilot and passenger’s worst nightmare and one of the most dramatic types of aviation accident.
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| 7. Landing a plane safely
| g. a mechanical problem that can easily lead to aviation accidents.
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| 8. An aborted landing
| h. that anything that can go wrong will go wrong.
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| 9. Descent and landing accident
| i. common consequence of using the wrong fuel.
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| 10. Murphy’s Law
| j. the most important part of a pilot’s job.
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Exercise 7. Match the word to the most appropriate translation.
| 1. Aborted landing
| a. зсув вітру
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| 2. Gauge
| b. надійний, безпечний; захищений від поломки
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| 3. Foolproof
| c. зіткнення в повітрі
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| 4. Fuel leak
| d. рулювання
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| 5. Wind shear
| e. передчасна посадка
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| 6. Mid-air collision
| f. огляд перед відльотом
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| 7. Air traffic control
| g. калібр
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| 8. Fuel pump
| h. керування повітряним рухом
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| 9. Taxiing
| i. витік пального
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| 10. Preflight inspection
| j. паливний насос
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Exercise 8. Match the word in column A with those in column B in order to make an appropriate word-combination, as in the example: aborted landing.
| 1. Aborted
| a. landing
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| 2. Mid-air
| b. leak
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| 3. Preflight
| c. malfunctions
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| 4. Fuel
| d. shear
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| 5. Wind
| e. control
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| 6. Landing
| f. pump
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| 7. Air traffic
| g. inspection
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| 8. Fuel
| h. hazards
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| 9. Electrical
| i. gear
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| 10. Bird
| j. collision
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