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 association also said that standards of training must be raised among flight crews and air traffic controllers as the sky has become ever more crowded.

该协会还表示，必须提高机组人员和空中交通管制员的培训标准，因为空中交通越来越拥挤。

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I want to roam about and see all the wide world, yet I also yearn for a little sheltered nook; like a bird with its tiny nest for a dwelling, and the vast sky for flight.

我想到处漫游，饱览这个广大的世界，然而，我也渴望一个小小的隐蔽处所；像一只飞鸟，拥有一个微小的巢穴栖息，也想翱翔于浩瀚的天空。

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On a Los Angeles-Auckland flight last month, 15 of the 20 sky couches on the 777-300 were sold, said flight attendant Jaheb Barnett, the concierge on the trip.

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Twenty-four hours ahead of the storm, under a perfectly clear sky, my airline canceled my flight from DC to NYC.

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An experienced pilot was killed in a fall from the sky above France during a microlight flight from Southend to Barcelona, an inquest heard.

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