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1、中华考试网.华文燕园www.cne163.com 一．TheOriginOfTheAirMail Atblackpoolholtthomasandgrahamwhiteagreedtomakeapracticalexperimentincarryingmailsbyaeroplane.theidea,asitwasfirstworkedout,wasfortheaeroplanetoflyfromblackpoolairportacrosstosouthportairport,andforthemailstobetakenove
2、rbythepostofficethere.buttheprogrammehadtobechangedowingtoaseriesofhighwinds.whathappenedintheendwasthatgrahamwhitetookamailbaginhisplane,andmadeaflightwithitacrosscountryforadistanceofaboutsevenmiles,returningtotheairport.thisexperimentgavegrahamwhitethehonourofbeing
3、thefirstairmaninenglandtocarryabagofmailacrosscountryinanaeroplane.lettersandpostcardswhichwerecarriedinthistest,andwhichhadaspecialstamprecordingthefact,soonbecamemuchsoughtafterbycollectors. Thesecondandmoreimportantexperimentinbritishairmailtransporttookplaceinsep
4、tember1911,andwasthefirstofitskindinthiscountrytoobtaintheofficialpermissionofthepostmastergeneral.itwasindeedoneofthehistoricaleventsinourairmaildevelopment.inthiscaseasmanyas130,000letterandpostcardswerecarriedbyaeroplanebetweenlondonandwindsor.oneoftheairmenengaged
5、inthispioneerservicewasthefamousgustavhamel,flyingamonoplane.iremembergoingoutoneafternoontoseehimstartoffwithoneofthebagsofmail.itwasanextremelybaddayforflying,andjustbeforethetimedueforthestart,thewindwasblowingatnearly50milesanhour.noneoftheotherpilotswouldhavethou
6、ghtofgoingup,buthamel—oneofthefinestofallpilotsofthebritishmonoplane—wasnottobestopped.hejumpedintohismachineandfairlyshotofftheground.themonoplane,solongasitwasneartheearth,wasthrownaboutlikeasmallboatonanangrysea.buthamelgaveasplendidexhibitionofairmanship;assoonash
7、ereachedagreatheight,conditionsbecamemuchsteadier,andherfinishedhisjourneywithoutaccident. Thiswasanearlydemonstrationthatanairplanewasmorethanafineweathermachine,andthatitcouldfightitswaysuccessfullythroughviolentwinds.thisfactimpressedthepostalauthoritiesagooddeal,
8、andhelpedthosewhobelievedthattheairplanehadagreatcommercialfuture.1.Holtthomasandgrahamwhitewerethefirstairmentocarrytheairm
