The airport ground crew tried to dissuade the pilot from taking off.

机场地勤曾试图劝阻飞行员起飞。

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The pilot was waiting for clearance for take-off.

飞行员在等待起飞的许可。

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Is the drone "pilot" who clocks off after a day's work a legitimate target for those he has been hunting down?

对于那些被他追捕的人来说，在一天的工作结束后打卡下班的无人机“飞行员”是一个合法的目标吗？

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But when it landed, the pilot could take off the wings and propeller and drive it like any other car.

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The lady on Delta got irritated at me because I had headphones on as we were taking off and the pilot had clearly said to power off all electronic items.

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The 85-year-old narrated the pilot that kicked off the series on 19 September.

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He said air traffic control contacted the pilot after noticing an unusual manoeuvre minutes after take-off and the pilot said his plane had hit a vulture.

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