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Solar-powered aircraft 太阳能飞机 The Wright stuff? 莱特附体? An enthusiastic inventor hopes to sellsun-powered planes 一位希望出售太阳能飞机的痴狂发明家 THERE is something of the 19th century about Eric Raymond. 埃里克雷蒙和19世纪的人有点像。 Devoted to making commercial solar-powered aircraft, he would have thrived in theVictorian heyday of the private inventor. 这位致力于研发商用太阳能飞机的发明家如果身在维多利亚私人发明家辈出的年代会很有一番成就的。 Most fell by the wayside; their ideas outran their ability or their money. 当时很多发明者都半途而废;他们的想法不是超出了其能力就是缺乏资金来达成。 But the names of the successesMorse, Dunlop, Bell, Diesel and even, to stretch the erainto the early 20th century, the brothers Wrighthave lived on. 但是像莫斯，邓禄普，贝尔，迪赛甚至是20世纪的莱特兄弟这些成功者的名字却为后人所铭记。 Whether Mr Raymond will join their ranks remains to be seen. 雷蒙先生是否会身在名利还不得而知。 | 
