Can you guess what happened in 1969? Write true or false
Apollo 11 reached the moon _____
Franco allows freedom of speech and legalizes socialist party _________
Concorde makes first cross Atlantic flight _________
The film superman was released ___________
Led Zeppelin band launches their first album __________
John Lennon releases “Give Peace a Chance” ___________
First episode of “the Simpsons’s family is broadcast” ________
President Kennedy is assassinated ________
Watch this video and answer the questions:
What year was it?
how long was the flight?
Where did it take off from? and landed?
How fast did it go?
What are the measures of the concorde?
From http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/2/newsid_2514000/2514535.stm
1969: Concorde flies for the first time
The supersonic airliner, Concorde, has made a "faultless" maiden flight.
The Anglo-French plane took off from Toulouse and was in the air for just 27 minutes before the pilot made the decision to land.
The first pilot, Andre Turcat, said on his return to the airport: "Finally the big bird flies, and I can say now that it flies pretty well."
The test flight reached 10,000ft (3,000m), but Concorde's speed never rose above 300mph (480kph). The plane will eventually fly at a speed of 1,300mph (2,080kph).
Mr Turcat, his co-pilot and two engineers taxied to the end of the runway at about 1530GMT. Strong winds meant the test flight was in doubt for much of the day.
Spontaneous applause
Two previous test flights had to be abandoned because of poor weather conditions.
Concorde sped down the runway and there was a spontaneous burst of applause from watching reporters and cameramen as the wheels lifted off the ground.
The noise from the four Olympus 593 engines, built jointly by the Bristol division of Rolls Royce and the French Snecma organisation, drowned out any noise from the crowd.
Less than half-an-hour later, the aircraft was brought back down to earth using a braking parachute and reverse thrust.
The crew emerged at the top of the steps, led by Mr Turcat, who gave the thumbs up signal with each hand.
The first British test pilot, Brian Trubshaw, who watched today's flight from the news stand, said, "I was terribly impressed by the way the whole flight was conducted. It was most professional and I would like to congratulate Andre on the way he handled this performance."
The British government has so far invested £155m in the project. It is hoped Concorde will begin flying commercially in 1973, when it will cut the flying time between London and New York from seven hours 40 minutes to three hours 25 minutes.
Answer the questions:
Which countries took part in the design and making of the Concorde?
Why was the flight attempt at risk?
Why is Rolls Royce corp. Mentioned?
What mechanism helped the plane stop?
True or False:
First test flight was a success _________
Brian Trubshaw was happy _______
Concorde started flying commercially right away ________
The plane was going to save more than twice the the time to cross the Atlantic _______
Vocabulary
Find a words or expressions that match the following definitions:
a strip of hard ground along which aircraft take off and land _________
the propulsive force of a jet or rocket engine _____________
that they thought something is very,very good _____________
a group of people who work on and operate a ship, aircraft, etc. ___________