In a bid to challenge foreign giants Airbus and Boeing - owned by France and America respectively - China is expected to finally 'realise its blue-sky flight dream' with its single-aisle C919 jet.

为了挑战国外巨头法国的空客和美国的波音，中国期待这款单通道机型的C919喷气式客机“最终实现翱翔于蓝天”的梦想。

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The jet aeroplanes are flying over the sky.

一架架喷气式飞机正掠过天空。

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The jet plane flew through the sky, leaving behind a long trail of smoke.

喷气式飞机从天空飞过，留下了一道长长的拉烟。

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Demonstrated by Olsson's colleague Hakan Bystrom, it seems more like playing a video game with a cool piece of kit than a weapon capable of blasting an enemy jet out of the sky.

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Eyewitnesses and residents described their community -- so accustomed to military planes taking off near their homes -- suddenly taking a surreal turn for the worse when the jet fell out of the sky and spewed its fuel, a possible maneuver to minimize the inevitable fire upon crashing.

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The project involves turning an ordinary business jet into a sophisticated eye in the sky.

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