5 Flying for fun

Chapter 5 Flying for fun Just one hundred years after the Wright brothers' flight, planes, balloons and helicopters fill the sky.

就在莱特兄弟飞行100年后，飞机、气球和直升机充斥了天空。

Massive airports have been built to cope with the hundreds of planes which fly all over the world.

大型机场已经建成，以应付数百架飞机在世界各地飞行。

Thousands of passengers board planes every day, for work or travel. But many people also fly planes and gliders themselves for fun. Gliders are light and very small inside. They also have no engine, which is the only thing they have in common with Sir George Cayley's machine. It's a tight fit -but I love it!

每天都有成千上万的乘客乘坐飞机上班或旅行。 但也有许多人自己驾驶飞机和滑翔机来取乐。 滑翔机很轻，内部非常小。 它们也没有发动机，这是它们与乔治·凯利爵士的机器唯一的共同点。 它很紧身，但我喜欢它！

To fly a glider, you must first be launched into the air. The easiest way to do this is to get a tow from a friendly plane. When the pilot is high enough, he'll release the tow rope and you'll be alone in the sky.

要驾驶滑翔机，你必须先飞到空中。 最简单的方法就是找一架友好的飞机拖走。 当飞行员飞得足够高时，他会松开拖绳，你就会独自在空中了。

Gliders float on columns of warm air. After rising on one, pilots lower their gliders and race down to the next.

滑翔机漂浮在暖空气柱上。 在一架飞机上起飞后，飞行员放下滑翔机，冲向下一架飞机。