本·福西特机长买了一辆不寻常的"出租车"，并开创了一项新服务。
Captain Ben Fawcett has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new service.
这辆"出租车"是一架名叫"皮拉图斯·波特"的小型瑞士飞机。
The 'taxi' is a small Swiss aeroplane called a 'Pilatus Porter'.
这架出色的飞机能搭载七名乘客。
This wonderful plane can carry seven passengers.
然而，关于它最令人惊讶的一点是，它能在任何地方降落：雪地上、水面上，甚至是一片耕过的田地上。
The most surprising thing about it, however, is that it can land anywhere: on snow, water, or even on a ploughed field.
福西特机长的第一位乘客是一位医生，他从伯明翰飞到了威尔士山区一个偏僻的村庄。
Captain Fawcett's first passenger was a doctor who flew from Birmingham to a lonely village in the Welsh mountains.
从那以后，福西特机长已经把乘客飞送到了许多不寻常的地方。
Since then, Captain Fawcett has flown passengers to many unusual places.
有一次他降落在一栋公寓楼的屋顶上，另有一次，他降落在一个废弃的停车场里。
Once he landed on the roof of a block of flats and on another occasion, he landed in a deserted car park.
福西特机长刚刚拒绝了一位商人提出的奇怪请求。
Captain Fawcett has just refused a strange request from a businessman.
那位商人想飞往罗卡尔岛——大西洋中一个偏僻的小岛，但福西特机长没有带他去，因为那次飞行太危险了。
The man wanted to fly to Rockall, a lonely island in the Atlantic Ocean, but Captain Fawcett did not take him because the trip was too dangerous.