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Aeronautical English V02
Aeronautical English V02
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Aeronautical English File 01: Aircraft types
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Aeronautical English File 02: Aircraft structure
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Aeronautical English File 03: Wings
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Aeronautical_English_03_Wings 2/10
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Wings position:
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Wings angle:
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Wing shapes:
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Delta wings Cropped delta wings and canard
Biplane Triplane
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High lift devices:
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Leading edge slats Saw tooth
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Aeronautical English File 04: Tail Unit
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Tail unit structure:
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Tail designs: single fin
Low-set Mid-set
High-set T-tail
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Original designs:
Canard V-tail
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Aeronautical English File 05: Fuselage
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Fuselage designs :
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Aeronautical English File 06: Landing gear
Undercarriage layouts:
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Wheel layouts:
Twin wheels nose gear of a Rafale Single wheel nose gear of a Typhoon Single wheel main gear of a Typhoon 6 wheels bogie of an A330
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Aeronautical English File 07: Engines
Piston Engine:
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Jet Engine:
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Turboprop Engine:
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Ramjet Engine:
Rocket Engine:
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Engines ans Air Inlets Mounts:
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Rear podded engines Buried in the wing engines
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Aeronautical English File 08: Cockpit
Glider cockpit
Airspeed Indicator Vertical Speed Indicator Altimeter
Airbrakes lever Magnetic Compass Stick Radio (COM) Traffic Collision Avoidance System
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Light Aircraft Cockpit
Airspeed Indicator Artificial Horizon Altimeter VOR indicator Tachometer RDO panel
Oil temperature
and pressure
indicators
Voltmeter
Ampermeter
Switches and
breakers
Steering wheel
Throttle
Carburettor
heater
Rudder pedals
Turn & Bank Indicator Heading Indicator Vertical Speed Indicator Automatic Direction finder
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Airliner Cockpit
RMI PFD
Engine control
instruments
Throttles
Trim
ND
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Combat Aircraft Cockpit
Ejection seat
G-meter
Clock
Flaps, AB Oil pressure &
& gear temperature
Ind.
ILS
Airspeed AH & slip ind.
Indicator Altimeter
IFF
RMI
VSI
Stick
RDO panel
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Aeronautical English File 09: Aerodynamics
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Aeronautical English File 10: Flight Mechanics
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Aeronautical_English_10_Flight_Mechanics 2/4
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Aeronautical English File 11: Airport Infrastructure and Traffic Pattern
Airport infrastructure:
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Aeronautical_English_11_Airport_Infrastructure&Traffic_Pattern 2/2
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Aeronautical English File 12: Air Navigation
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Aeronautical English File 13: Meteorology
Weather vocabulary:
source: www.weather.about.com
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Weather map:
Occlusion
Cold
Front
Warm Front
Low
pressure High
High
area Wind pressure
pressure
vectors area
area
source: www.as.ysu.edu
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SIGLES couramment employés et leur signification anglaise et
française
Sigle Anglais Français
ADF Automatic Direction Finder Radiocompas
APU Auxiliary Power Unit Groupe Auxiliaire de Puissance(GAP)
ATC Air Traffic Control contrôle de la circulation aérienne
BKN BroKeN fragmentés (5-7 octas)
CAT Clear Air Turbulence turbulence en ciel clair
CAVOK Ceiling And Visibility OK plafond et visibilité OK
enregistreur de conversations de poste
CVR Cockpit Voice Recorder
de pilotage
DZ Drizzle Bruine
température des gaz
EGT Exhaust Gaz Temperature
d’échappement
FCST ForeCaST prévu (temps)
Flight Data Recorder (the black Enregistreur des paramètres de vol
FDR
box) (boîte noire)
FEW FEW peu ou quelques (1 à 2 octas)
FG FoG Brouillard
FM FroM à partir de
FZ FreeZing surfondu, se congelant
GR hail Grêle
HZ HaZe brume sèche
ILS Instrument Landing System système d'atterrissage aux instruments
KT KnoT Nœud
LOC LoCally Localement
LYR LaYeR en couches
METAR METeorologicAl Report message d'observation régulière
No significant change in next Pas de changement significatif au cours
NOSIG
two hours des 2 heures à venir
Pas de nuages (0 octa) (remplace SKC
NSC No Significant Cloud
en 2010)
OVC OVerCast couvert (bouché 8 octas)
PROB PROBably Probablement
RA RAin Pluie
RPM Révolutions Per Minute Tours par minutes
SCT SCaTtered épars (3-4 octas)
SH SHower averse
SHSN SHower SNow averse de neige
SIGMET SIGnifiant METeorology phénomènes significatifs
SKC SKy Clear ciel clair (remplacé par NSC en 2010)
SN SNow Neige
TAF Terminal Area Forecast bulletin de prévision d'aérodrome
TEMPO Temporarily Temporairement
TEMSI Temps Significatif
TS ThunderStorm Orage
UTC Universal Time Coordinated temps universel coordonné
VALID Validity Validité