By Al Pessin Pentagon 24 January 2008 The American officer responsible for helping develop an Afghan Air Force says the small corps is growing steadily, but will not be ready to even begin participating in combat operations for about five years. The

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(一月)

Falling Asleep in the Cockpit Sign of Health Risks The U.S. government agency that regulates civil aviation in the United States, announced new rules this month to combat pilot fatigue. Some fatal crashes have been blamed on mistakes by tired pilots.

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Steering wheel, normal ; gas pedal, normal ; brake pedal, normal ! It's when you put the wings down and prepare for takeoff that things get really interesting. There it is. Thirty seconds we are now on airplane. This is the Transition. It's currently

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A new poll has taken the wind out of Julia Gillard's sails as the Prime Minister continues to try and sell her carbon tax. The latest Newspoll published in The Australian and taken just before the carbon tax announcement shows Labor's primary vote ha

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This is AP news minute. Federal officials still are not sure why pilots overshot the many airport by one hundred fifty miles Wednesday night. The pilots say they were involved in a heated discussion. But there is still a speculation they fell asleep

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New Zealand had its first hijack attempt on Friday when a woman tried to make the pilot of a small plane fly her to Australia. The plane was flying from Blenheim to Christchurch, a distance of 250km. It was a small plane with only 7 passengers on boa

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Alabama Airlines has notified its pilots to stop topping off their fuel tanks. Alarmed, pilot Buck Rogers sent a copy of the memo to Time Magazine, which investigated the matter. It discovered that AA was reacting to a 50-percent increase in fuel pri

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1. A federal aviation official says the plane that crashed into a house near Buffalo, killing 50 people, was on autopilot when it went down. That's a possible violation of airline policy. Colgan Air recommends pilots fly manually in icy conditions.

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AS IT IS 2014-03-10 US Military Pivots to the Pacific 美国军方在太平洋海域巡航 Hello, and welcome to As It Is from VOA Learning English! Im Jim Tedder in Washington. United States officials recently fined Asiana Airlines $500,000 for fail

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 19 September 2006 Nigeria Nigeria's military and civil aviation have suffered a series of disasters over the past two decades. Hundreds of lives have been lost in crashes. Sunday's crash of a military plane has renewed conc

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Bill Bridgeman was a pioneering test pilot, once known as the fastest man alive. He told his story in a best-selling book called The Lonely Sky, in 1955. The book has been reissued, and recalls a time when flight records were broken almost monthly, a

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US Fighter Pilot Draws Inspiration From Tuskegee Airmen The exploits of the Tuskegee Airmen, an all black fighter squadron, went largely unnoticed during and after World War II. The information about the pilots in the news was a big secret as far as

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Somali kidnappers have released six foreign hostages. The four European aid workers and their two Kenyan pilots were released Tuesday after eight months of captivity. A car carrying people alleged to be former hostages in Somalia leaves Nairobi's Wi

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By Mil Arcega Washington 25 October 2007 American news media are reporting that a survey of pilots by the U.S. government found that safety problems involving air carriers happen more frequently than previously known. The reports say the space agency

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FAA Study Issues Recommendations to Correct Pilot Overreliance on Automation 美国联邦航空局建议飞行员不要过分依赖自动化 The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has released a comprehensive study that says airline pilots are rely

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Experts Concerned S. Korean Pilots Too Reliant on Technology 有关专家质疑韩国飞行员对技术太过依赖 WASHINGTON Coming in too low on a sunny July day, Asiana Flight 214 broke apart after hitting a seawall on approach to the San Francis

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Aviation Experts Question Whether Culture Had Role in Asiana Crash 航空专家质疑韩亚航空的文化碰撞 WASHINGTON July 6, 2013. San Francisco, California. An Asiana Airlines captain flies the plane in for a visual approach, without automate

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 07 April 2008 Australia's spy agency has been brought in to help combat a rise in the number of so-called laser attacks on aircraft landing at the country's busiest airport in Sydney. Pilots say they are being hit with laser lig

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As search crews continued to look for more bodies and wreckage from last week's Air France plane crash, the French carrier has decided to immediately replace suspect speed sensors with new ones on all its long-haul Airbus carriers. 法国航空公司决

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Topic1 Pilots Psychological Evaluation System Not In Place In ChinaThe recent crash of the Germanwings Airbus has directed people's attention to the mental health of pilots. There's been an allegation from a French prosecutor that the Germanwings co-

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