EXPLORATIONS - Aviation Hall of Fame By Paul Thompson Broadcast: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 (THEME) ANNCR: This is Doug Johnson. Today on Explorations in VOA Special English we tell about some men a

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EXPLORATIONS - Tuskegee Airmen: The First African-Americans Trained as Fighter PilotsBy Vivian Bournazian Broadcast: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 16:00:00 UTC (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Men of 99th Squadron in January 19

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Two adventurers hoping to make the first round-the-world trip using a solar-powered plane have successfully landed in Oman after launching the maiden leg of their global voyage. The two Swiss pilots have arrived in Oman after taking off yesterday fro

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VOICE ONE: Im Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And Im Barbara Klein with Explorations in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about the Tuskegee Airmen who served in World War Two. They were the first group of The first class of Tuskegee cadets African-Americ

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VOICE ONE: I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Bessie Coleman, the first African American woman pilot. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Bessie Coleman Bessie Coleman was born in Atla

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US Air Force Faces Shortage of Fighter Jet Mechanics 美国空军面临战斗机机械师短缺 The United States Air Force has a shortage of mechanics to provide support for its fighter airplanes. VOA recently reported that the Air Force has 725 fig

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WHITFIELD: Finally getting their due. Some of the forgotten heroes of World War II are being honored today in Washington. We're talking about the WASPs. CNN's Jessica Yellin explains. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) JESSICA YELLIN, CNN NATIONAL POLITICAL CORRESPON

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Topic1-Nine years after the plastic-bag ban In 2008, China initiated a national ban on the use of free plastic bags in supermarkets. 9 years later, the effectiveness of the ban is under fire. Environmentalists, congressional delegates, and even state

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[00:06.32]On Thursday,about three hundred American law enforcement agents [00:13.37]raided the small Puerto Rican island of Vieques. [00:18.23]The agents removed 216 demonstrators who had been camped [00:24.66]at a United States military base for alm

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(There's also a piece of safety wire that, em, showed up on the X-ray. So we have to...) In fact just the opposite proved true, the number of air planes ready to fly at any given time actually increased during the war. F-15s went from an 85 percent p

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1. BP CEO Tony Hayward is expected to appear before a House panel today. Hayward plans to tell Congress he's personally devastated by the Gulf oil spill. Hayward says BP has spent nearly 1.5 billion since the rig disaster, and adds BP won't stop unti

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VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Faith Lapidus with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about some men and women who are members of the National Aviation Hall of Fame. They have been honored for what they did for flying.

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New Device May Help Jet Pilots 新的设备能够检测出飞行员的晕厥 While flying high above Earths surface, jet fighter pilots may suffer loss of eyesight for brief periods. Some pilots may even lose consciousness -- not being able to recogn

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AS IT IS 2015-06-08 Woman World War II Pilot Honored During World War II, American women pilots were trained to fly non-combat missions so that men could fly fighter planes. U.S. officials gave the women permission to fly military aircraft as civilia

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AS IT IS 2016-05-30 Women Pilots Allowed Back Into Arlington for Burial 二战女飞行员被允许葬于阿灵顿公墓 Women World War II pilots are again guaranteed full burial honors at Arlington National Cemetery. That is because the two main U.

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AS IT IS 2016-03-14 US Running Out of Pilots 美国空军面临飞行员短缺问题 Regional airlines in the United States are short of pilots. Many older airline pilots are retiring. Federal regulations require pilots to take time off between fligh

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Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Jan. 23 These are the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending January 23, 2016. What a week! Where do we start: with the new number one song or the brand-new addition at numb

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By Vivian R. Bournazian Broadcast: November 5, 2003 (THEME) VOICE ONE: This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, EXPLORATIONS. Today, Shirley Griffith and I tell about the Tuskegee air

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Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Colin Lowther. Voice 2 And Im Rena Dam. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand - no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 A group of people stand in a lar

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My guest today is Frank Flight. He works with drones. 我们今天的来宾是弗兰克弗莱特先生。他使用无人机工作。 It's great to meet you, Rob. 罗布,很高兴见到你。 Tell us about drones, Frank. 弗兰克,给我们讲讲无

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