Climbing into the cockpit was like stepping into another world, a world of dials and switches, knobs and levers, of whirring turbines and the smell of jet fuel.

爬进驾驶舱就像踏入另一个世界，一个充满刻度盘和开关、旋钮和杠杆、呼呼作响的涡轮机和喷气燃料气味的世界。