turboprops

america's air force plans to buy more than 100 turboprops and the navy is evaluating the super tucano, made by embraer of brazil.

美国空军计划购买100多架涡轮螺旋桨飞机，海军目前正在对巴西航空工业公司研制的“超级巨嘴鸟”（SuperTucano）飞机做出评估。

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the two astazou turboprops are mounted in slender nacelles in the leading edges of the wings and drive three-blade propellers.

两台发动机安装在机翼上小巧的发动机舱内，各驱动一个三叶螺旋桨。

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As many as 46 per cent of aircraft accidents involve turboprops, even though they account for a far smaller percentage of the world's commercial fleet than jets do.

在世界商用飞机中，涡轮螺旋桨飞机所占比例比喷气式飞机要小得多，但前者发生的空难却占到了46%的比例。

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it is not only jets that light-attack turboprops can outperform. armed drones have drawbacks, too.

轻型涡轮螺旋桨攻击机的经济性不仅比喷气式战斗机优越，与武装无人机相比也毫不逊色。

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Piston-engined aircraft and turboprops have air compressors to maintain cabin pressure.

活塞发动机和涡桨发动机的飞机有压气机来控制客舱的压强.

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maintaining turboprops, by contrast, is easy.

相比之下，涡轮螺旋桨飞机的维护是容易的。

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No. 2 British Airways BA's safety record is especially commendable given how many different types of aircraft the company has flown since its 1974 launch, from Vickers Vanguard turboprops to Concorde supersonic jets.

自1974年成立以来，英国航空推出过许多不同机型，其中包括维克斯先锋涡轮螺旋桨飞机和协和超音速客机。在这一方面，该公司的安全记录尤其可圈可点。

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so-called light-attack turboprops are cheap both to build and to fly.

这种被称之为轻型涡轮螺旋桨攻击机的制造及飞行都是便宜的。

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and, unlike jets, turboprops can use roads and fields for take-off and landing.

而且不同于喷气式战斗机，涡轮螺旋桨飞机可以在公路和田野上进行起飞与降落。

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And, unlike jets, turboprops can use roads and fields for takeoff and landing.

而且不同于喷气式战机, 涡轮螺旋桨飞机可以使用公路和田野起落.

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turboprops are also hard to shoot down.

涡轮螺旋桨飞机也很难被击落。

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nor is it only jets that light-attack turboprops can outperform.

轻型涡轮螺旋桨攻击机也不是仅仅比喷气战机优越。

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