We hired a second world war Catalina seaplane, one of just three operating in the world, and had to bring in a fire-fighting pilot from Canada to fly it.

我们租了一架二战时期的水上飞机（世界上还在使用的三架这类飞机中的一架），我们还必须从加拿大请来一名消防飞行员来驾驶它。

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Officials were quoted saying the pilot to set his own house on fire before the crash and it would investigate whether he has deliberately targeted the tax offices.

官员引用部分说法，称机上的男子是在家里发动飞机的引擎。现在官方还在调查男子是否蓄意驾机撞进税收办公室。

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“Better to land at an airport where there’s actual crash-fire-rescue, ” said the pilot, who requested anonymity because he did not have his airline’s permission to speak.

最好还是在机场降落，那里有迫降起火救援的预案。

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He taught himself to be a pilot. During World War II, he designed a machine used to train military aircraft crews to fire guns at enemy aircraft.

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The jobs created include 10 pilot posts and six fire officers, it added.

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The aircraft maintains the air-to-air combat ability of the main F-15 fighter as the pilot can detect and fire at other aircraft.

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He identified a number of variables that could have affected the pilot's decision to fire on what turned out to be British troops.

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