The firm insures the property of 94% of the Fortune 500 companies and is the biggest owner of aircraft in the world.

该公司承保了94%的财富500强企业的财产，而且是世界上最大的飞机拥有者。

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"Our Navy can carry twice as many aircraft at sea as all the rest of the world combined," outgoing U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates pointed out last year.

“我们海军在海上可搭载飞机的总数量，是世界其他海军搭载飞机数量总和的两倍。”美国国防部长罗伯特·盖茨去年就曾指出过。

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Their ultimate aim with Solar Impulse is to build an aircraft that can circle the world using only the power of the sun.

太阳能脉冲的终极目标是建造一架仅靠太阳能环游世界的飞机。

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Aboulafia derides the exaggerated sales expectations that companies have for the systems, noting that his consultancy estimates the value of world unmanned aircraft output today at only 2.5 percent of the amount for manned aircraft, and forecasts it will remain below five percent in 2020.

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Following in the footsteps of Robert Peugeot, British industrialist Henry Kremer figured the best way to inspire innovation in the world of human-powered aircraft, was to appeal to the pockets of engineers.

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In some parts of the world, aircraft have flown around ash clouds for many years.

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