Some boys like to assemble model airplanes.

有些男孩喜欢装配模型飞机。

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Remotely operated planes, some the size of model airplanes and some the size of military Predators and Hawks, routinely monitor sunlight passing through clouds and fly over hurricanes.

遥控飞机，有的只有飞机模型那么大，有的则有美国的“捕食者”无人机和“全球鹰”无人侦察机那么大，例行地监测阳光穿过云层的情况，以及在飓风上方进行飞行。

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My hobby is to make and fly model airplanes.

我的业余爱好是制作和试飞飞机模型。

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In this particular case, though, it appears that Ferdaus was planning on simply using large scale, radio controlled model airplanes.

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Two sedans with big, brightly painted, carefully hand-built model airplanes lashed to their roofs were turning off the road onto the dirt track.

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"From that moment on I knew I wanted to fly, " says Lowy, who soon had airplane wallpaper in his bedroom and a vast collection of model airplanes and trading cards.

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