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The future technology of the past 六十年代的未来技术 Thunderbirds are gone 远去的雷鸟号 A British defence firm opens its archives to revealflights of fancy that never flew 英国防务公司公开档案，从未实现的奇思妙想重见天日 READERS of a certain age may remember Gerry and Sylvia Anderson s sci-fi puppetshowsSupercar, Fireball XL5, Stingray, Thunderbirds and Captain Scarletfilmed, as theAndersons put it, in Supermarionation. 上了一定年纪的读者或许会记得盖瑞安德森和西尔维娅安德森的科幻木偶剧-《飞天神车》、《雷霆机五号》、《霹雳艇》、《雷鸟特攻队》以及《超空人》，剧集均由安德森夫妇所称的超级木偶出演。 Those who remember Captain Scarlet in particular may find one of the pictures here eerilyfamiliar. 特别是那些还记得《超空人》的读者会发现上面的照片里有一张似曾相识。 English Electric s Fighter Jet Take-Off Platform, a flying airfield, is not quite the Cloudbasefrom which the immortal captain operated. 英国电气的空中机场-战斗机起飞平台与该剧中永远的队长操控的云霄基地不太像。 But it was intended, like its fictionalcounterpart, to launch and receive planes while itself airborne. | 
