12-09-04 Oh, to be free like a bird. It's been the stuff of fantacy, and of reality. Sort of. A self-contained flying man. This jet pack from 1960s had barely enough fuel to fly 30 seconds. So the dream languished for decades. Everyone agreed it was complete...

12-08-15 They're sleek（圆滑的） . They're fast. They're powerful. And, they are deafening. Furthermore, those Top Gun military jets need to be up in the air in the wee hours（深夜，凌晨） -- over land -- to simulate their landings on aircraft carriers. But...

12-07-13 A series of airspace restrictions around London and south-east England are set to be enforced as part of security for the 2012 Olympic Games. 为加强2012年奥运会的安全，伦敦周围以及英格兰东南部地区开始了一系列的航空管理。 The Ministry of Defence said...

12-06-06 Nigeria's civil aviation authority has grounded all Dana Air's aeroplanes after one of its aircraft crashed on Sunday in a busy Lagos suburb. 尼日利亚达纳航空的一架飞机周日坠毁在拉各斯一处繁华的郊区，民航当局遂对该公司所有的飞机实行禁飞。 An investi...

12-02-23 China's Defense Ministry said on Wednesday that the country is making use of an imported aircraft carrier body for refitting to be used for scientific research, experiment and training. 中国国防部本周三宣布，正利用一艘进口的废旧航母进行改建，用于科...

11-07-27 Seventy-eight people were killed when a Moroccan military aircraft crashed into a mountain in the south of the country, the army says. 摩洛哥军方称，一架军用飞机撞到南部一座山上，78人死亡。 The army said three other people were severely wounded in t...

11-07-14 A twin-engine aircraft has crashed in north-east Brazil, killing all 16 people on board. 一架双引擎飞机在巴西东北部地区坠毁，舱内16人全部死亡。 Firefighters said there were no survivors from the crash The crew had reported problems almost immediatel...

11-07-01 Researchers have found that areas near commercial airports sometimes experience a small but measurable increase in rain and snow when aircraft take off and land under certain atmospheric conditions（通风条件） . The new study led by the National Cen...

11-03-15 You've all heard of the Air Force's ultra-high-security, super-secret base in Nevada, known simply as Area 51? Well, late one afternoon, the Air Force folks out at Area 51 were very surprised to see a Cessna landing at their secret base. They immedi...

10-12-02 Air safety investigators in Australia say they have identified a serious manufacturing fault with engines fitted to Airbus A380 passenger jets. 澳大利亚航空安全调查委员会称，他们已经在A380空中客机上的引擎中发现了一个严重的生产故障。 The engine explo...