Japan used to see itself as the lead goose in a regional flightformation, showing the way to export-led prosperity.
过去日本总是以该地区领头羊的身份自居,踏出了一条出口拉动的繁荣之路。
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Earlier this year the country's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency announced plans to pay Boeing to investigate formationflight, though the program has yet to begin.
今年早些时候,美国国防高级研究计划局宣布将计划出资,请波音公司研究编队飞行,不过该计划尚未启动。
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It might also be hard for airlines to co-ordinate the departure times and destinations of passenger aircraft in a way that would allow them to gain from formationflight.