"A car that takes off from some London street and lands in another random street is unlikely to happen," says Prof Gray, a leading aeronautical engineer.

“一辆汽车从伦敦某条街道起飞，降落在另一条随机的街道上是不太可能发生的。”一流的航空工程师格雷教授这样说。

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Would an aeronautical engineer merely shrug his shoulders if a control panel malfunctioned in mid-flight?

如果一个控制仪表板在飞行中发生故障，航空工程师会只是耸耸肩吗？

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The design has been licensed from David Giles, a British aeronautical engineer turned ship designer.

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"For a young aeronautical engineer, Boeing was definitely the most exciting place to be, " 747 chief engineer Joe Sutter recalled, in his autobiography, of joining the company in 1946.

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"There's definitely a 'My-thesis-is-cooler-than-yours' aspect, " says Blair, 43, a triathlete and aeronautical engineer.

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