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在西欧一些国家和美国,人们常常将那些战功卓著的飞机驾驶员称之为“王牌驾驶员”。要想知道这一称号的来历,还得追溯到第一次世界大战。 1915年4月1日,法国一位名叫罗兰·加罗斯的飞行员在他的双翼飞机的螺旋桨后面安装了一挺机枪飞上了蓝天。不一会,他发现了一架德国飞机,便立即对准敌机射出一梭子弹。这一出其不意的袭击打得德国飞行员晕头转向,连人带机一下子栽入大海,开创了机对机空战的先例。加罗斯给飞机装上机枪后,仅仅在两个星期之内就击落了五架德国飞机。他的辉煌战绩轰动了报界,一时成为法国人心目中的英雄,被誉为“王牌驾驶员”。有人把他的胜利看作是这场战争将有利于法国的吉祥的兆头。
In some Western European countries and the United States, the most accomplished pilots are often referred to as “ace pilots.” To know the origin of this title, have to go back to the First World War. On April 1, 1915, a French pilot named Roland Garros installed a machine gun behind the propeller of his biplane to fly into the blue sky. A short while later, he spotted a German aircraft and immediately fired a shuttle bullet at the enemy plane. This surprise attack hit the German pilot confused, even with a man suddenly planted into the sea, creating a machine-to-machine air combat precedent. Garros downed five German aircraft in just two weeks after loading the aircraft with a machine gun. His brilliant record hit the press, and at times became the hero of the French people, hailed as “ace drivers.” Somebody regards his victory as a good sign that France will benefit the war.