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Complete the sentences with the correct past form of the verb.
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1. British airmen __________ (to be) the first to carry mails and among the first to operate regular passenger services.
2. In April 1924 Imperial Airways Limited ___________ (to pioneer) the commercial development of intercontinental air routes.
3. In 1950 British Ministry of transport and Civil Aviation ________________ (to introduce) a system of airways covering the main traffic routes with controlled zones around the major airports.
4. The Boeing 247, built in 1933, ____________ (to be) the first of the modern, all-metal, single-wing airliners.
5. In 1927 Charles Lindberg ____________ (to become) a world hero when he ____________ (to cross) the Atlantic.
6. Mass travel __________ (to get) so popular that aircraft designers ___________ (to increase) the size of many passenger airplanes.
7. Concorde, the Anglo-French supersonic airliner ______________ (to enter) commercial service in 1976.
3 Choose between the two forms of the verb to complete the sentences (Past Simple or Present Perfect).
1. General aviation _________ a long way in the past 100 years, and now represents a very significant industry.
A has come B came
2. Recently it ___________ easier to fly all over the world.
A has become B became
3. What ___________ in Paris in 1906?
A has happened B happened
4. Ihor Sikorsky ______________ the first multi-engine Russian plane, designed Ilia Muromets.
A has constructed B constructed
5. By the 1950s, the development of civil jets ___________, beginning with the de Havilland Comet.
A has grown B grew
6. Since the 1960s the most important innovations __________ place in instrumentation and control.
A have taken B took
7. On June 21, 2004, SpaceShipOne ____________ the first privately funded aircraft to make a spaceflight, opening the possibility of an aviation market outside the earth's atmosphere.
A has become B became
8. Icarus is a Greek figure, which ___________ too close to the sun and _________ to the Earth.
A has flown; has fallen B flew; fell
1 a Check the meaning of the words/ word-combinations given below. Refer them to the best aviation division they relate to. Write them in the correct line.
| VIP flight | Police | Aerial photography | Highway watch | Fire fighting a/c |
| Supervision of power lines | Military training procedure | In flight/ mid-air refueling | Military escort | Medicine flights |
| Controlled flight | Test flight | Demonstration flight | Ferry flight | Military flight |
| Military exercise | Search flight | Rescue flight | IFR flight | VFR flight |
| Passenger flight | Unmanned flight | Non-stop flight | Simulator flight | Cargo flight |
| General aviation | |
| Civil aviation | |
| Military aviation | |
| Combat aviation | |
| Navy | |
| Airmail | |
| Commercial aviation | |
| Transport aviation | |
| Space flights/ aviation | |
| Aviation medicine |
b Can you add any other words to each group?
