5.L-1 Helgoland Disaster
5.L-1黑尔戈兰空难
Despite the German Naval Airship Division's sketchy track record since the building of the Zeppelin I in 1908, the latest military model was in the North Sea performing reconnaissance and war maneuvers just north of Helgoland when it flew into a hurricane. The airship's crew had trouble maneuvering in the strong wind. After sending a wireless message to base for help, they tried to land in the water, but they lost control and crashed. The airship's weight caused the gas bag to split, trapping many crew members in the water. By the time rescue boats arrived, only seven were still alive.
除了1908年建造齐柏林飞艇时德国海军飞艇师粗略的成绩记录，最后的军方模型在北海进行侦察和战争演习——它飞进飓风里时，就在黑尔戈兰北边。战舰上的船员很难在强劲的风中操纵飞艇。在向基地发送求救的无线电信息后，他们试图在水上着陆，但是他们失去控制，坠毁了。飞艇的重量导致气囊爆裂，把许多船员困在水里。救援船只抵达时，只有7人还活着。

4.Charles Stewart Rolls
4.查尔斯·斯图尔特·劳斯

One-half of the famed partnership that founded the Rolls-Royce Motor Company, Rolls was a skilled racing car driver and keen aeronaut and aviator, making hundreds of balloon ascents and piloting an airship. After meeting the Wright brothers in New York and witnessing a flight demonstration in 1908, he was hooked on airplanes. Rolls taught himself to fly, accomplished the first double crossing of the English Channel, and gave demonstrations and exhibitions to enthralled crowds all over England. During an aerial show in Bournemouth, England, while competing for a prize in his modified Wright Flyer biplane, part of the tail snapped off. The biplane broke apart in midair and plunged to the ground. Rolls sustained a skull fracture and died.
劳斯不仅是创建劳斯莱斯汽车公司这个著名合作的一半，他还是娴熟的赛车手、热情的热气球驾驶员和飞行员，升起过几千个热气球，还驾驶过一艘飞艇。1908年在纽约与莱特兄弟见面并亲眼观看过一次飞行表演之后，他迷上了飞机。劳斯自学飞行，完成了第一次往返穿越英吉利海峡的飞行，还为英格兰各地痴迷的观众进行展示表演。在英格兰伯恩茅斯（Bournemouth）进行飞行表演时，他用其改进的莱特双翼飞机争夺一个奖项时，飞机尾部一处啪的一声断了。双翼飞机在半空解体，坠向地面。劳斯颅骨骨折，死了。

3.Imperial Airways Tragedy
3.皇家航空公司空难

Imperial Airways's "City of Liverpool" luxury airplane was scheduled to fly from London to Brussels with 12 passengers and three crew. During the flight, the plane caught fire, broke apart, and crashed outside Diksmuide, Belgium, killing everyone aboard.
皇家航空公司的豪华客机"利物浦之城"，计划搭乘12名乘客和3名机组人员从伦敦飞往布鲁塞尔。在飞行中，飞机起火，解体，坠入比利时迪克斯梅德（Diksmuide）城外，机上人员全部罹难。
Investigators studied the wreckage and gathered eyewitness reports. One fact stood out: A passenger, Dr. Albert Voss, jumped from the plane prior to the fire. He didn't survive, but further digging revealed that Voss was involved in illegal drug smuggling. A police case had been built against him, and an arrest seemed imminent. Apparently, Voss's scheme involved boarding the plane, setting a fire, and escaping before it crashed. He had probably hoped to be declared dead and start a new life in Europe.
调查人员研究了飞机残骸，收集了目击者的描述。一个事实显现出来：一位乘客，阿尔伯特·沃斯医生（Dr. Albert Voss），在起火前从飞机里跳了出来。他并没有生还，但是进一步调查发现沃斯涉及非法走私毒品。警方已经针对他立案，似乎随后就要展开抓捕。显而易见，沃斯计划登上飞机、纵火，并在飞机坠毁前逃离。他很可能希望被宣布死亡，然后在欧洲开始新生活。

2.Cornelia Clark Fort
2.科妮莉亚克拉克堡

After working hard to become the first female flight instructor in Nashville, Tennessee, 22-year-old Cornelia was hired to train civilian and military students in Hawaii—in 1941. On the day of the Pearl Harbor attack, while on a training flight with a student, she took the controls to avoid a Japanese Zero and brought her plane to a safe landing in the midst of machine-gun fire. In 1942, she accepted an invitation to join the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Service (WAFS) flying planes from factories to military bases. While with a group piloting BT-13s to Dallas in March 1943, a novice male pilot clipped her plane with his plane's landing gear, causing her to crash. She didn't parachute out and was killed instantly on impact. You can learn more about Cornelia in this Nashville Public Television documentary.
经过努力奋斗成为田纳西纳什维尔第一位女飞行教练之后，22岁的科妮莉亚接受聘用，在夏威夷训练民航和军队的学生——那是1941年。偷袭珍珠港当天，她正与一个学生进行飞行训练，她控制飞机躲过一架日本零式舰载战斗机，并在枪林弹雨中将自己的飞机驾驶到安全的着陆地带。1942年，他接受邀请加入妇女辅助运输服务队（WAFS），把飞机从工厂驾驶到军事基地。1943年3月，她与一群人将BT-13驾驶到达拉斯时，一位经验不足的男飞行员驾驶的飞机上的起落架碰到了她的飞机，导致坠机。她没有跳伞，立即丧生。从纳什维尔公共电视台的纪录片可以了解到关于她的更多信息。

1.Calbraith Perry Rodgers
1.卡尔布雷斯·佩里·罗杰斯

The first of the pioneering aviators to fly the Wright EX across the US from New York to California in 1911, Rodgers became known as the "Vin Fiz Flyer" because his historic trip was sponsored by the Armour Company of Chicago, makers of a soft drink called Vin Fiz.
作为飞行先驱中首位驾驶莱特EX穿越美国本土——1911年从纽约飞往加利福尼亚——的人，罗杰斯被人们称作"Vin Fiz Flyer"，因为其具有历史性的飞行是由芝加哥装甲公司赞助的，而这个公司生产了一种叫做"Vin Fiz"的软饮料。
Several months later, during a public exhibition at Long Beach, Rodgers's biplane was struck by a seagull. He lost control of the craft and struggled to pull up the plane's nose. Spectators watched the biplane crash into the beach close to the spot where he'd completed his record-breaking journey. The impact broke his jaw, back, and neck. Rodgers died on the way to the hospital.
几个月后，在长岛进行公开展演时，罗杰斯的双翼飞机被一只海鸥击中。飞机失去了控制，他挣扎着拉起机头。现场观众看着飞机冲向海滩——就在他曾经完成创纪录飞行的地点的旁边。事故导致他下颚、背部和脖子受伤。罗杰斯在去往医院的路上死去。

翻译:罗惠月 来源：前十网