Staycations listening exercise
In this English listening exercise we hear how a retired engineer is offering impoverished Indians the chance to fulfil their dreams of air travel for only $1.
The twist is that aircraft never leaves the ground - earning it the nickname 'the flight to nowhere'. Bahadur Chand Gupta, 58, from Haryana in northern India, purchased a decommissioned Airbus 300 in 2003 for £60,000. Parked on the outskirts of New Delhi, on the periphery of the capital's International airport, the plane is mostly visited by children and the region's underprivileged citizens.
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Listen to this video about staycation, and answer the questions in the following listening exercise. Write your answers in the comments box at the bottom of the page, and we will reply with the answers shortly!
Questions:
1. On the ________ of new Delhi, people eagerly take their seats on this plane.
2. It provides an opportunity for school children and those who may never be able to _____ to take a real flight, to experience being on a plane.
3. The man _____ the project is Bahadur Chand Gupta, a retired aircraft engineer.
4. That day I _______ that it is very difficult for a poor man to see the aircraft.
5. He charges people ________ __ what they can afford.
6. Passengers receive the full flight experience, collecting ________ _______, safety briefings..
7. To finish the experience the passengers _______ an evacuation.
8. The airlines wanted to _____ their people and they were ready to pay me good money.
9. There was not a single day when I had to ______ any money from anybody.
10. The main _______ for Gupta is the happiness his plane brings to others.
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