Complete the sentences with the correct past form of the verb.

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?

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