Last night he said: 'We've tried to create a new British design icon, like Concorde, the Spitfire or the Routemaster bus.

昨晚他这样说道：“我们要为英国创造一项新的标志，就像协和飞机，‘喷火’战斗机和双层巴士一样。”

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I really believe the Tomcat will be remembered in much the same way as other legendary aircraft, like the Corsair, the Mustang and the Spitfire.

我坚信雄猫将将像海盗、野马、喷火这些传奇战机一样被人们牢记。

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It is no accient, he would claim, that Mitchell's Spitfire, with its Merlin engines and distinctive wings, could help win a war while also seeming wonderful to the eye and ear.

他指出，米切尔设计的喷火式战斗机正是凭借其采用的马林引擎和独特的机翼，在取得战斗胜利的同时还能给人带来视觉和听觉的享受。

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While the flying skills of the German and British pilots were well matched, it was ultimately the greater maneuverability of the British Spitfire that won the long months of battle over the English Channel.

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The Spitfire was a very special aeroplane, it saved our neck in 1940 in the Battle of Britain.

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The BNP said it would keep using images like the Spitfire and Britain's wartime leader Winston Churchill in its campaigns.

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Their latest commission - to create a full-size replica of the Spitfire that crashed in front of Mr de Man on 17 March 1945.

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