Aircraft Carriers

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. One of the largest air shows in the United States is also one of the largest trade shows in the aircraft industry. AirVenture is taking place this week at an airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Ron Wagner

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图片1 superior n. 长者，高手，上级 adj. 较高的，上级的，上好的，出众的，高傲的 例句：Oliver smiled a superior smile as he drove past in his expensive new car. 奥利弗开着那辆豪华的新车驶过时，傲慢地微微

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In 1940, North American Aviation designed the legendary P-51 Mustang in response to the British need for a high-performance fighter aircraft. The Mustang featured the most advanced laminar flow wing and a ducted cooling radiator positioned under the

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 02 January 2008 The Geneva-based Aircraft Crashes Record Office says 2007 was one of the safest years in the past half century in which to fly. The group says 965 people died in 136 airplane crashes last year. The private group

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 01 September 2007 The world's biggest aircraft manufacturers are in the race to supply the Indian air force with 126 new fighter jets in a deal worth an estimated $10 billion. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, th

SSS 2008-12-03

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky . Got a minute ? [Radio sound:] Northeast 480 you are cleared for landing, Northeast 480 you are cleared for landing. That same radar technology that guides aircraft and tracks hurrica

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Chinese island province pilots in low-altitude test flight

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China conducts flight landing on aircraft carrier

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Unable, we are in IMC. 881. 不能，我们在仪表天气条件。 Unable, we are only authorized during daytime VMC. 882. 不能，我们只有白天目视气象条件的资格。 Unable noise abatement due company policy. 883. 由于公司政策，不

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