Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Flying Club
Being able to soar freely in the sky should be a childhood dream for many people. The same is true of Chen Xiaoyao and Xia Yunyan, www.biquge.info the pen "Fun".
There are many beautiful legends about flying in ancient and modern times, such as Chang'e flying to the moon, Prometheus flying and stealing fire, etc., all of which express people's good wishes and hazy fantasies for taking off and flying.
In the available records, sails and fans appeared and were widely used in China more than 2,200 years BC, which is probably the most primitive folk practice related to aerodynamics in recorded history.
In the thousands of years since, humans all over the world have been trying to break free from the constraints of gravity in various ways and allow humans to rise freely.
With the development of modern science, people's desire to fly is no longer just a fantasy, and human beings can fly in the sky in many ways, such as airplanes, airships, hot air balloons, gliders, parachutes, etc. There are also paragliding, parachuting and other flying sports in extreme sports, among which the most dangerous and the most stimulating adrenaline secretion is wingsuit flying.
Not everyone has the ability and courage to take on the challenge of extreme sports. In daily life, the most common way to fly should be the airplane. Tickets for commercial airliners are often discounted, and the price is cheaper than the soft sleeper fares of ordinary trains, and the speed is much faster than that of trains. Therefore, many people will give priority to taking a plane when they travel for business or travel.
However, flying on a civil aircraft is a completely different feeling than flying on your own. It's like a car. Nowadays, many car dealers have launched automatic transmission models for the convenience of people's driving, but there are always people who do not like automatic transmission and focus on manual transmission in order to pursue the pleasure of their own control.
Chen Xiaoyao and Xia Yunyan are the same in their bones, they both have a desire to conquer everything. After a flight lesson with a Cessna small plane, both were hooked on flying. Previously, it was only because of the fact that Chen Yang, who was still young, was sent back to China to study and had to be taken care of by his parents, so the two temporarily put aside their interests and took turns to be responsible for the internal planning of the group company in the UK, while taking turns to return to China to take care of Chen Yang.
As Chen Yang and Chen Yang's younger brother grew up and were admitted to university, Chen Xiaoyao and the two returned to the UK with peace of mind, intending to regain their youthful hobbies.
Both husband and wife signed up for a flight driving course and successfully obtained their flight driving certificate. After that, they both joined a flying club, and the two of them would participate in the flying experience activities held by the club whenever they had time.
After Chen Yang graduated from university, Chen Xiaoyao once wanted to recall Chen Yang back to the UK, so that he could gradually take over his business while continuing his degree in the UK. But Chen Yang was not interested in this at all.
In order to continue to stay in China, Chen Yang made many excuses. He proposed that he could continue to take care of his younger brother who was still in college at home. At the same time, because he knew that his parents had always liked the collection of antiques, especially ancient calligraphy and paintings, he proposed that he could help his parents find good things in China, and these things were the efforts of the ancients.
Although Chen Xiaoyao and his wife have already joined the British nationality, their feelings for the motherland are still very deep, and seeing that Chen Yang put forward such a reason, it is difficult for the two to refute it.
Chen Xiaoyao's group company has been involved in a wider range of projects, including medicine, catering, cosmetics, real estate, commercial chains and so on, and the company's performance is also booming. Thinking that the husband and wife are not old now, they still have a strong heart to do things, Chen Yang is still young enough, and it is a good thing to have a little more precipitation, and it is not impossible to take over the company a little later, so Chen Xiaoyao and his wife did not force Chen Yang anymore and let him continue to live in China.
When Chen Yang's younger brother was still in college, the brothers would go to the UK together for a period of time every summer. But the younger brother was admitted to the national civil service in the year he graduated from university, and since then, it has been inconvenient for him to apply to go abroad, so only Chen Yang can fly to the UK every summer to fulfill his obligations as a child to accompany his parents.
Four years ago, on a Sunday, Chen Yang accompanied his parents to a flying club in the UK to participate in a flying event, but an accident occurred that he will never forget.
The flying club where my parents belonged was a long-established club that had always been known for its safety.
The club is currently equipped with five Cessna C172s, one Cessna C172SP and two Quicksilver GT-500s, as well as two Rotway A600s for helicopter enthusiasts, all of which are available for a fee to members with a qualified pilot's license.
In the decades since the club was founded, there has never been a major safety incident, but this safety record was ended by Chen Xiaoyao and his wife.
As always, Chen Xiaoyao and his wife chose the most commonly used Cessna C172 model, which is known for its stability and safety, and is the most suitable model as a training aircraft. The two had already had a number of successful solo test flights before, and the club's instructor did not keep up with the plane.
Chen Xiaoyao and his wife took Chen Yang to the club to participate in several activities, knowing that his son is like his father, from Chen Yang's eyes, Chen Xiaoyao can see that he is also very eager to fly.
Therefore, before boarding, Chen Xiaoyao and his wife were still tempting Chen Yang to stay in the UK for a long time, so that it was easy to learn the airplane driving course and experience the thrill of soaring in the endless sky. The two even promised Chen Yang that as long as he was willing to come to the UK to take over the group's business, they would buy a small plane for him to play.
As a man, Chen Yang also has an inexplicable love for machinery. However, all his friends were in China, and he really couldn't let go of it for a while, so he told his parents that he needed time to think about it carefully.
Chen Xiaoyao didn't press too hard, just patted Chen Yang's shoulder and said with a smile: "Although your mother and I hope that you can come over as soon as possible, we also respect your wishes. You've grown up and can take responsibility for your words and actions, so we're no better than you, it's up to you to decide. Your mother and I will go to the test flight first, so you can see how much I have improved this year. ”
Chen Yang never expected that this passage would become his father's last words.