飞机的轮子擦过跑道。
这架新飞机的飞行速度是音速的两倍。
飞机的发明改变了我们的生活。
想想那些转瞬即逝的瞬间，当你从飞机的窗户往外看并意识到自己正飞得比鸟还高的时候。
Think of those fleeting moments when you look out of an aeroplane window and realise that you are flying, higher than a bird.
从驾驶着快速喷气式飞机的女飞行员到在当地城镇大展身手的女警察，旧的性别主义立场每天都在受到挑战。
The old sexist positions are being challenged everyday by the female pilots flying fast jets to the female constable pounding the beat in your local town.
这提高了飞机的效能和机组人员的生存能力。
This results in increased aircraft effectiveness and aircrew survivability.
建造最快直升飞机的竞赛进入白热化阶段。
我从飞机的舷窗向外张望，看到一片云海。
上图相当清楚的展现了空间站与航天飞机的大小对比。
The above spectacular image well captures the relative sizes of the station and docked shuttle.
使用复合材料制造的飞机的一个优点是能够大大节省燃油消耗。
One advantage is that composite-based planes use significantly less fuel.
我们可以将控制器想象为机场的空中交通控制器，指挥飞机的进出方向。
Think of the controller as the air traffic controller at an airport, giving direction to the coming and going of aircraft.
航天飞机的奇异之处在于它与公交车或火车一样，都可重复使用。
The shuttle’s great novelty was that the orbiter was reusable, like a bus or a train.
这样做不仅延长了飞机的寿命，也让我们能在故障发生前找到问题所在。
That's helping extend not only the life, but it's also identifying problems before they happen.
除了扮演传统直升机角色外，还具有涡轮螺旋桨飞机的长距离、高速巡航性能。
It is designed to perform conventional helicopter missions but with the long-range, high-speed cruise performance of a turboprop aircraft.
用代码行数来评估程序的开发进度，就好比是拿重量来评估一个飞机的建造进度。
Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight. -- Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft Corporation
SeatGuru：查看飞机的布局图，这样你可以轻松选定下次旅行的飞机座位。
SeatGuru: View layouts of airplanes so that you can easily pick your seats on your next trip.
这些叶片拥有机翼的剖面形状，它们就像普通飞机的机翼那样，通过划过空气来产生升力。
The blades have an aerofoil shape and provide lift when passing through air, like the wings of an aeroplane.
飞机的着陆除了速度稍微过快外还算安全，就一次意外来讲，这次算是有惊无险。
As accidents go, this one ended well, with the pilots making a safe if slightly fast landing.
这个自动控制飞机的任务是研究太平洋和大西洋上空的大气情况，它有着空前的观测范围和续航能力。
The robotic plane's mission is to study the atmosphere over the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans with unprecedented range and endurance.
如果这项合作成功，将可以减少飞机的碳足迹，并避免其他生物燃料对全球粮食供应产生的负面影响。
If this venture is successful, it could reduce the carbon footprint of airplane travel, and avoid the negative impact that other biofuels have on the global food supply.
我们到达时人群中没有人回过头来看，他们面朝跑道站着，似乎把意念集中在机场的站屋上，期盼着飞机的到来。
Nobody turned when we arrived. They stood facing the runway, as though focusing their collective energy upon the airport building, willing the plane to come.
我们到达时人群中没有人回过头来看，他们面朝跑道站着，似乎把意念集中在机场的站屋上，期盼着飞机的到来。
Nobody turned when we arrived. They stood facing the runway, as though focusing their collective energy upon the airport building, willing the plane to come.
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