When I was a kid and could only dream about being unhinged from Earth, I assumed all airplanes could fly in three, full dimensions. Every pilot knows that's the definition of flying, but only to a limited extent. As a government brat living in a suburb of Washington D.C., I used to ride my bike a few miles to College Park Airport, the world's oldest continually operated airport since 1909, to watch the parade of airplanes circling the pattern and landing again and again. I remember being struck by the fact that the airplanes never seemed to maneuver very much, but I knew they could if their pilots commanded them to do so.
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机译：当我还是个孩子的时候，只能梦想从地球上摆脱束缚，我以为所有飞机都可以在三个完整维度上飞行。每个飞行员都知道这是飞行的定义，但仅限于一定程度。作为住在华盛顿特区郊区的政府小伙子，我曾经骑着自行车到大学公园机场（College Park Airport）行驶了几英里，该公园是自1909年以来世界上最古老的持续运营的机场，观看游行队伍盘旋在飞机上并一次又一次着陆。我记得飞机似乎从来没有非常机动，这一事实让我感到震惊，但是我知道，如果飞行员命令他们这样做，他们可以做到。
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