He completed a 10-minute test flight recently with his jet-powered wing strapped to his back, flying for nearly 36km in Switzerland. (See photo).

最近，他在瑞士进行了10分钟的试飞，背负翅膀成功飞行近36公里。

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A Swiss adventurer flew into the history books Friday by crossing from France to Britain on only a jet-powered wing, describing afterwards how he felt "like a bird" over the English Channel.

本周五，瑞士一名冒险家仅靠一副喷气式飞行翼成功飞越了英吉利海峡，成为史上完成这一壮举的第一人。之后他在描述飞行感受时说，他觉得自己“像只飞鸟”。

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The disparity will only increase in the next decade, as the U.S. Navy finally deploys jet-powered killer drones, early versions of which are already undergoing testing in the California desert.

未来十年内，这种差距还会扩大，因为美国海军最终将部署喷气动力无人机，其初期版本已经在加利福尼亚沙漠地区进行测试。

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To some it might have seemed at odds with the new era of the atom bomb and jet-powered flight.

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It also presumes that passengers will want to put up with the hassles of changing planes in exchange for the privilege of traveling in a jet-powered cruise liner.

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It's also the place where Andy Green, a British fighter pilot, broke the land speed record in 1997 by driving a jet-powered car through the sound barrier to 763 mph.

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