With NASA bracing for the looming retirement of the shuttle fleet after a final three missions, Atlantis roared to life and rocketed away from its seaside pad at 2:20 p.m. Eastern time.

随着NASA宣告航天飞机机队将在执行完最后三次飞行任务后退役，亚特兰蒂斯号于东部时间下午两点二十分在发动机的轰鸣声中拔地而起，飞离濒海发射台。

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RUGGED fleet of eastern European planes and helicopters became a familiar sight on remote airstrips in Africa soon after the demise of the Soviet Union.

伴随着前苏联的解体，各式各样的东欧飞机和直升机在非洲远处的飞机跑道上形成了一个熟悉的场景。

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In announcing the agreement Tuesday, the companies said deliveries will commence in August 2012 and continue to 2015, and China Eastern will employ the new V2500s to expand the capacity of its fleet.

在周二的协议公布时，两家公司称，交付将于2012年8月开始，持续到2015年，中国东方航空公司将使用新型V2500发动机扩展机队的运载能力。

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The pride of the Eastern Fleet, the carrier Minsk, for example, has been turned into a tourist attraction in southern China.

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Eastern Airways has also signed a deal to take over CitiExpress's 12-strong fleet of 29-seat Jetstream 41 aircraft and its engineering hangar in Glasgow.

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