LJ 1 SB- Boeing 737 Max

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Boeing 737 Max

Lesson goals

• You can justify why the pilot wasn’t to blame for the Boeing 737 MAX crash. 
• 
  You can argue your point of view when it comes to the Boeing 737 MAX crash. 
• 
  You can explain what the function is for different components of an airplane. 

***Have your readers ready for today's lesson***

Exercise 1

AIRPLANES: 

How can these 6 things about airplanes be improved? 

• Safety
• Leg room
• Design
• Entertainment
• Speed
• Engines

What will they be like 100 years from now?

1. Write down your predictions for the future in column 1 (100 years from now) and your partner in column 2 (predictions of your neighbor)

p. 90

AIRPLANES: How can these 6 things about airplanes be improved? What will they be like 100 years from now?

Exercise 2

Can you still name all the parts of an airplane and describe their function? 

• Go to exercise 2 and name all the different parts of the airplane.
  

Function: Can you name the function of the different parts of the airplane? 

Choose from one of the functions at the top of the page.

Choose from the following words: change pitch – control pitch – change lift, drag and roll – decrease drag - increase lift and drag – change roll– increase lift– command and control– generate lift– hold things together and carry payload– generate thrust- control yaw – change yaw

Exercise 2 - Answers

1. Yaw
2. Pitch
3. Roll 

Exercise 3

You will read a text about the Boeing 737 MAX.

Make the questions on page 92 & 93

• Fill in the gap
• True/False
• Phrase match
• Paragraph 1 &2

Read the text about Boeing 737 Max exercise 5.

Exercise 3: Fill in the Gap

1. Entire
   
2. Fatal
   
3. Carrier
   
4. Aviation
   
5. Black
   
6. Ascertain
   
7. Track
   
8. Similarly
   
9. Huge
   
10. Commercially
    

11. Date

12. Finances

13. Plummeted

14. Cause

15. Deploy

16. confidence

Exercise 3- True/False

1. True
   
2. False
   
3. False
   
4. False
   
5. False
   
6. True
   
7. True
   
8. True
   

Exercise 3- Phrase match

F – global fleet

J – Ethiopian Airlines crash

D - experts

B – the reason

A – to the Lion Air flight

I – part of its future

H – has plummeted

E – we can

G - enhancements

C - confidence

Exercise 3- Paragraph 1 & 2

1. E
   
2. C
   
3. B
   
4. F
   
5. A
   
6. G
   
7. D
   
8. M
   
9. K
   
10. N
    
11. H
    
12. J
    
13.  I
    
14. L

Exercise 4

1. Did the pilot from the Lion Air 610 crash deviate from what the manual prescribed?

No, they manually cranked the jet’s trim wheel to right the nose and flipped two cut-out switches.

 

2. What is a mistrim, and what is the consequence of a mistrim?

If the stabilizer is tilted too high, this is called a mistrim and can create a dangerous situation that can paralyze manual control.

 

3. What makes hand-cranking the trim wheel extremely difficult?

The elevator creates an opposing force against the jackscrew that swivels the stabilizer and makes hand-cranking the trim wheel to raise the nose extremely difficult.

Exercise 4

4. What did the pilot of the Ethiopian 737 Max notice when he tried to manually adjust the trim?

That the trim wheel was not moving.

 

5. What was the cause of the malfunctioning of the trim wheel?

They are unsure of what created the mistrim, but they did find some erroneous activation of the MCAS system.

 

6. What is the difference between the older generation 737 and the current 737 MAX, which makes that the older generation of 737 doesn’t have this problem?

The older generation 737 does not have MCAS. This future is exclusive to the 737 MAX.

Exercise 4

7. What suggestion does the manual make crank the trim wheel?

The ‘roller coaster’ technique. If nose-up trim is required, raise the nose well above the horizon with elevator control. Then slowly relax the control column pressure and manually trim nose-up. Allow the nose to drop to the horizon while trimming. Repeat this sequence until the airplane is in trim.

 

8. Why is the roller coaster technique not always sufficient?

You need enough altitude to recover and level the aircraft this way.

Speaking

• Divide in groups of three
  
• One of you will be the pilot flying the Boeing 737 MAX, the other will be a representative from the FAA and the third person will be working for Boeing (737 MAX).
  
• Discuss whose fault it is that the Boeing 737 MAX crashed
  
• Take 8 minutes to read the findings from the investigations below. Prepare your arguments for your role.
  

Whose fault it is that the Boeing 737 MAX crashed

Pilot flying the Boeing 737 MAX

Representative from the FAA/ person working for Boeing

Discuss whose fault it is that the Boeing 737 MAX crashed (min. 1 reason & max 3)

Conclusion

Translate the following 4 English words into Dutch

HW: Study vocabulary lists

Translate the following words:
Errant movement

Translate the following words:
Desirable

Translate the following words:
Seperately

Translate the following words:
Elevator

See you next week!