Both planes were going to take off on July 25th, but Latham failed to get up early enough, After making a short test flight at 4, 15 a.m., Bleriot set off half an hour later.

两天飞机都打算在7月25日起飞，但莱瑟姆那天起床晚了。布莱·里奥凌晨4点15分作了一次短距离试飞，半小时后便正式出发了。

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Startup the 'aircraft' and take it on a test flight.

启动飞行器并进行测试飞行。

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It's only a prototype right now but a man in Switzerland took it for a test flight and the take-off, they say was, pretty smooth.

目前这还只是一架原型机，不过瑞士的一名飞行员架着它完成了一次试飞。测试人员称，飞机起飞十分平稳。

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The inventors estimate a test-flight could take place in less than a year and a half with final certification by 2010.

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