57岁的美国人帕特里克·彼布尔斯经过10年的努力,发明了一种名叫“转翼飞机”的新型飞行器(题图)。它的造型比较独特,机翼没有设计成常见的一头宽一头尖的流线形,却像一个长长的、装有超大旋翼叶片的圆筒。不论外型如何,“转翼飞机”是航空界罕见的发明,体现了一种全新的飞行技术。它结合了直升机和传统固定翼飞机的许多特点,而耗油量却少得多;起飞和降落时几乎不需要场 Patrick Pebles, a 57-year-old American, has invented a new type of aircraft called “Rotorcraft” after 10 years of hard work. Its unique shape, the wing is not designed to be a common streamlined sharp tip, but like a long, equipped with large rotor blades of the cylinder. Regardless of its appearance, “rotor wing ” is a rare invention in the aviation industry, embodies a new kind of flying technology. It combines many of the features of helicopters and conventional fixed-wing aircraft with much less fuel consumption; almost no field is required for take-off and landing