In 2004 an early prototype, piloted by Richard Branson, a British entrepreneur, became the fastest amphibious vehicle ever to cross the English Channel.

2004年一辆由英国企业家理查德·布兰森驾驶的Aquada早期原型车在当时成为了曾横渡英吉利海峡的最快交通工具。

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This means that though the vehicle can be piloted, a significant margin of human error can be removed from the equation.

这意味着，虽然车辆可以驾驶，人为误差的幅度可以从方程。

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The closest thing--at least in looks--to the pod-like vehicle George piloted is another product of 1961: the Ford Gyron.

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As soon as Navy personnel lost contact with the unmanned vehicle, a piloted aircraft was dispatched to Maryland's Eastern Shore, where it came upon the wreckage and determined that it was unlikely anyone on the ground had been hurt, Navy officials told CNN.

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