英语翻译
Afewyearsafterthefirstaeroplaneshadstartedtofly,anotherastronomer,WilliamH.Pickering,wrote:“ThepopularmindoftenpicturesgiganticflyingmachinesspeedingacrosstheAtlanticandcarryinginnumerablepassengersinawayequivalenttoourmodernsteamships...Itseemssafetosaythatsuchideasmustbewhollyvisionary,andevenifamachinecouldgetacrosswithoneortwopassengers,theexpensewouldbetoogreatforanybutthecapitalistwhocouldownhisownyacht(快艇).”