16-06-28 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sent his apologies to Russian President Vladimir Putin over the death of a Russian pilot of the Su-24 bomber downed by Ankara in November last year, voicing readiness to mend ties, the Kremlin said Monday....

15-10-14 China launched its first big data pilot zone in the southwestern province of Guizhou on September 18. 9月18日，中国在西南地区的贵州省启动了首个大数据试验区。 大数据试验区（big data pilot zone）是大数据分享（big data sharing）、应用创新以及安全保障方...

15-05-25 Authorities in Hunan's capital Changsha have established this country's latest state-level new area. 湖南省会长沙建立了中国最新的国家级新区。 The Xiangjiang New Area covers 490 square kilometers in Changsha. It's situated on the west bank of the Xia...

15-04-07 Two hunters hire a small plane to take them to a remote area of Canada. Upon dropping off the hunters, the pilot tells them, Remember only one moose, because the plane wouldnt be able to take off with more weight than that. The hunters go off. A wee...

14-10-08 Charlie Plumb was a US Navy jet pilot in Vietnam. He flew 74 consecutive successful combat missions. However on his 75th mission, his F4Phantom fighter was destroyed by a surface-to-air missile and he was forced to eject. The only thing between him...

14-08-25 Joe Schmidt, although very wealthy, was a tightwad. One day he and his wife wanted to take a spin in an airplane over the city of New York. The pilot said it would be 10 dollars a piece for a thirty-minute flight. How about 10 dollars for both of us...

14-07-29 A: What's the purpose of the propeller? B: To keep the pilot cool. If you don't think so, just stop it and watch him sweat! A：飞机的螺旋桨有什么用？ B：为了保持飞行员凉爽。不信的话，只要停止螺旋桨转动看看飞行员会不会满头大汗。...

14-07-23 When I reached the top I found the brass dome and the statue exactly as the pilot had described, but was too wearied with all I had gone through to do more than glance at them, and, flinging myself under the dome, was asleep in an instant. In my dre...

14-06-05 A US military jet has crashed into homes in the California desert, about 90 miles east of San Diego. 美国一架军用飞机坠毁于加利福尼亚州沙漠中的几处住宅中，坠毁地位于圣地亚哥东部大约90英里处。 None of the residents of the homes are believed to have b...

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