Google earth 's current image of shamsi - about 100 miles south of the afghan border and 100 miles east of the iranian one - undoubtedly shows the same airstrip as the image from 2006 .
The individuals living on airstrip one are dissolved by perpetual war into a single downtrodden " nation " .
住在空降场一号的那些人,因为连年战争不止,熔化成一个单一的民族国家,饱受蹂躏。
There is a madcap drive from the airstrip to the city : those who reach the market first receive the best price .
飞机在跑道上飞奔着驶进城,谁最早到市场谁就可以卖个好价钱。
This meant that spaceshipone could take off from a normal airstrip rather than an expensive launch pad , required much less fuel than if it had started at ground level , and could glide to safety if anything went wrong .
Imagine the scene : wave after wave of dakota aircraft swooping through a canyon to land at an improvised airstrip , fashioned from a stony field only days earlier by local women , children and old folk .
The game involves setting flight paths to safely direct jumbo jets to the large runway , smaller prop planes to the airstrip , and helicopters to the helipad .
" You could have the co-ordinates of every 20ft of airstrip preprogrammed and you know it is not going to move , " he said .
对于机场跑道,你可以每隔20英尺设定坐标,你知道它跑不了。
Yet behind the bitter words , from both sides , a good deal of co-operation continues . For instance , american " drone " aircraft still fly secretly from an airstrip deep in the desert of baluchistan province , targeting suspected militants in the country 's tribal areas .
But the world 's newest country , hived off saturday from sudan , africa 's largest nation , still lacks basic health , education and roads , not to mention hotels , a decent airstrip and other essentials to accommodate investors .
While little remains of brando 's legacy -- the original airstrip and hotel have fallen into disrepair -- plans are underfoot for a private eco-luxury resort named , you guessed it , " the brando . "