Russian ATCExercise 3.5.1 Read and translate the text. At OPOKA Harry makes the first contact with Russian ATC with a radio call to the control centre responsible for the Velikiye Luki flight information region, a large chunk of airspace west of Moscow. First Officer R/T: Good evening. Speedbird two five at flight level three zero. Velikiye Control: Speedbird two five good evening. Velikiye Control. Climb to ten thousand one hundred metres. Call me Whiskey Kilo Lima. The controller has asked the crew to report passing the Velikiye Luki VOR (WKL) some 92nm ahead. Two minutes later Harry reports level. The Russians use metres, rather than feet, as their altitude reference. The pilots have pressed the ’MTRS’ button on the electronic flight information system (EFIS) control panel, and on each PFD a small box has appeared above the altitude read-out showing the jet’s height in metres. The frequency is selected and Harry calls the new controller. Moscow Control: Speedbird two five. Moscow Control good evening, maintain ten thousand one hundred metres, next report over SATAL. Exercise 3.5.2 Answer the questions. 1. Where does Harry make the first contact with Russian ATC? 2. At what flight level is Speedbird 25? 3. What flight level is the aircraft cleared to climb to? 4. Where does the controller ask the crew to report passing the Velikiye Luki VOR? 5. What units do the Russians measure altitude in? 6. What do the pilots do to read the jet’s height in metres? 7. Is the new frequency selected? 8. What flight level does the aircraft have to maintain? 9. What waypoint is to be reported next? Exercise 3.5.3 Are the following statements true (√) or false (×)? Correct the false ones. 1. At OPOKA Harry makes the second contact with Russian ATC. 2. Velikiye Luki flight information region is a large chunk of airspace west of Moscow. 3. Speedbird 25 is maintaining FL 230. 4. The controller gives the jet clearance to climb to 10, 100 metres. 5. The controller has asked the crew to report passing the Velikiye Luki VOR. 6. The Russians use metres, rather than feet. 7. The frequency has not been selected yet. 8. SATAL is the next reporting point for Speedbird 25. 9. The pilots have pressed the ”MTRS” button on the electronic flight information system control panel. Exercise 3.5.4 Give English equivalents for the following words and word combinations. Ответственный; район полетной информации; западнее чего-то; большой участок воздушного пространства; осуществить первоначальную связь; на ЭП 330; набирать ЭП 350; доложить пролет точки; двумя минутами позже; контрольная панель; в метрах; демонстрация цифровых показателей высоты; выбор частоты; вызывать диспетчера; выдерживать эшелон полета; следующий доклад о местонахождении над …. Exercise 3.5.5 What do the following abbreviations stand for?
Exercise 3.5.6 Find in the text synonyms for the following words and expressions. Establish the first contact with; large potion of smith; flight information area; every; little; in two minutes. Exercise 3.5.7 Match the word combinations and expressions in column A with those in column B.
Exercise 3.5.8 Fill in the gaps with the words from the text choosing from the ones given in brackets. 1. At OPOKA Harry _________ (establishes, gives, makes) the first contact with Russian ATC. 2. Velikiye Luki flight information region is a large ________ (area, part, chunk) of airspace west of Moscow. 3. _________ (Call, Check, Report) me Whiskey Kilo Lima. 4. The controller has asked the crew to _________ (advise, report, check) passing the Velikiye Luki VOR. 5. The pilots have _________ (pushed, pressed, squeezed) the ”MTRS” ________ (pedal, button, knob) on the electronic flight information system control panel. 6. A small box has __________ (become visible, appeared, been seen) above the altitude read-out showing the jet’s flight in metres. 7. The frequency is __________ (chosen, approved, selected). 8. Harry __________ (asks, requests, calls) the new controller. 9. ___________ (Keep, Fly, Maintain) ten thousand one hundred metres. 10. Next _________ (call, report, check) over SATAL. Exercise 3.5.9 Fill in the gaps with the related words. 1. The controller has asked the crew to report __________ the Velikiye Luki VOR. (PASS) 2. The frequency is __________. (SELECT) 3. Harry calls the new __________.(CONTROL) 4. The Russians use metres, rather than feet, as their altitude _________.(REFER) 5. The pilots have __________ the “MTRS” button on the electronic flight information system control panel. (PRESS) 6. Velikiye Luki flight _________ region is a large chunk of airspace nest of Moscow. (INFORM) Exercise 3.5.10 Translate the following sentences into English. 1. Гарри осуществляет первоначальную связь со службой управления воздушным движением России. 2. Гарри связывается с центром управления, ответственным за район полетной информации Великие Луки, который представляет собой огромный район (участок) воздушного пространства западнее Москвы. 3. Воздушное судно находится на эшелоне полета 330. 4. Диспетчер дал команду на набор 10.100 метров. 5. Диспетчер попросил экипаж доложить пролет ВОРа Великих Лук. 6. ВОР Великих Лук находится впереди на удалении 92 морских миль. 7. Русские пользуются системой измерения, выраженной в метрах, а не в футах. 8. Пилоты нажали кнопку ”МЕТРЫ” на электронной контрольной панели и появилось небольшое табло, где показываются цифровые показания высоты в метрах, которую выдерживает самолет. 9. Частота выбрана и Гарри вызывает другого диспетчера. 10. Диспетчер дает команду экипажу воздушного судна выдерживать десять тысяч сто метров. Exercise 3.5.11 Make up your own sentences using the following words and word combinations. Make the flight contact with; radio call; be responsible for; flight information region; large chunk of; west/east/north/south of; at FL 330; climb to FL 350; use metres; on the electronic control panel; altitude read-out; the jet’s height; select the frequency; maintain flight level. Exercise 3.5.12 Retell the text.
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