The plane's maiden flight is scheduled for February, and a final version will attempt to cross the Atlantic in 2012.

飞机的首次飞行计划于二月份进行，它的最终成品预计在2012年会跨越飞过大西洋。

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The new airline's maiden flight leaves Beijing for Dalian. The carrier is expected to be a new platform for HNA to raise funds for further expansion.

新航线的首个运营航班是北京—大连航线。新航线的成立将是海南航空公司进一步筹措资金扩张运营规模的重要步骤。

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"I'd say these are, indeed, genuine photos of a prototype that will make its maiden flight very soon," said Peter Felstead, the editor of Jane's Defence Weekly.

“我得说这确实是一张真实的照片，照片中的原型机，很快就要进行它的首次试航，”《简氏防务周刊》的编辑彼得·费尔斯特德（Peter Felstead）说。

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Although it was due to fly the friendly skies of Lakehurst, New Jersey in mid-June, Northrop Grumman's usually unmanned surveillance was only just caught floating over the Jersey Shore as part of a maiden flight on August 8th.

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Although British Airways broke with tradition by placing its first ever order for Airbus' A380, it still gave a boost to Boeing by ordering 24 Dreamliners, the mid-sized craft that has so far raked in over 700 orders and is set for a maiden flight before the end of the year.

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It should be noted also that the 2017 maiden test flight will use a "lite" variant, one capable of lifting about 70 tonnes to low-Earth orbit.

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