Chapter 169: Learning to Fly

After fooling Professor Davide, Qin Yi went to Great Falls City to learn airplane piloting, and it took a lot of time to buy vineyards and road trips before, but now that he has time, he naturally wants to continue to go to class.

He also wanted to get his pilot's license in hand, and it would be much more convenient to drive a small plane to patrol the ranch.

Driving to the Ebrey Flying School belonging to the Airport in Great Rapids, Qin Yi glanced at the instructors and students at the airport, and walked towards an instructor with a tough and serious face and a military style. Griffin.

Sean is an Air Force pilot veteran who served on the battlefields of Iraq and is an excellent pilot. He teaches seriously, but he is very strict with the students, but this makes Qin Yi very satisfied, the flight operation requirements are strict, and it is a respect for life.

From the first test flight, to the later physical examination and accompanying flight, until now, every flight in the past two months has been taught by Sean to Qin Yi, and speaking of which, the two are already very familiar.

"Yi, you really should take more time to come, preferably every day, so that the time for you to get your pilot license will be greatly shortened." Sean saw Qin Yi coming to him and said with a straight face.

Qin Yi didn't care when he looked at him, this guy had this expression on everyone, maybe people who had been on the battlefield were more bullish. However, it may also be a little emotional about taking a two-week leave of absence, after all, other students basically do not have such a situation.

"Okay, Sean, I'm sorry, I didn't expect so many things before, and I thought I would be back in three or two days!"

"A road trip is indeed unplanned, isn't it?" Sean teased him, looked at Qin Yi with some doubts, and said casually, "Why do I know?" You posted a photo of your trip on Facebook. Well, let's put the topic aside and start flying! ”

After speaking, he shook his head at Qin Yi and walked over to a small fixed-wing plane on the side. Qin Yi hurriedly followed. Looking at that little plane, I was looking forward to it, after all, it really feels good to fly!

CESSNA 172R, A CLASSIC OF THE AMERICAN CESSNA COMPANY, IS SAFE, COMFORTABLE, AND UNPARALLELED IN HANDLING PERFORMANCE, USING IO-360 ENGINE, WITH STRONG HORSEPOWER AND SMOOTH AND QUIET, REACHING 160 HORSEPOWER AT 2400 RPM.

The propeller aircraft has a range of 1000 km to 1200 km and a range of 6.6 hours. The military has phased out this model, but it is still the first choice for most people in the United States to learn to fly.

Boarding the four-seater propeller plane, the two sat in the cockpit, Sean helped Qin Yi check the control, communication and other equipment, and then gave him a thumbs up, Qin Yi nodded, and began to contact the airport tower with a communication headset, "Tower, E9527 requests to take off!" Repeat. E9527 Request to Take Off! ”

E9527 is Qin Yi's cadet number in the flight school, so the management is more standardized.

"Di", the tower immediately responded: "E9527, allow takeoff." Permission to take off! ”

Qin Yi immediately started, slowly increasing the horsepower, and the plane taxied on the runway, gradually increasing its speed. Until finally raised the nose of the plane and flew into the sky.

Flying such a propeller light aircraft is completely different from sitting in the cabin of a passenger plane. First of all, the visual novelty is very strange, and there is a feeling of taking the initiative psychologically, as if you are flying with an airplane.

Sean sat in the passenger seat and watched Qin Yi's operation.

The plane slowly climbed, and Qin Yi reported the route to the tower while controlling the plane to fly north.

Piloting an airplane is not a casual flight, and it is necessary to keep in touch with the tower and report the route at any time, otherwise the US Air Force will soon come out to intercept it.

The plane climbed to the appropriate height, Qin Yi controlled the northeast and flew over the Mississippi River, from time to time under Sean's instructions, he made a small dive or a small elevation angle climb, and in the end, he also boldly tried to roll, slide and other flight actions, but the propeller light aircraft was a little backward after all, and the range of actions he made was not large.

Of course, Qin Yi didn't dare to make too dangerous moves, now he was just proficient in flying, and his flying experience was not enough.

Sean watched from the side, even if he was serious, he couldn't help but show satisfaction, although Qin Yi had been in school for a short time, he did learn quickly, in his opinion, this was called very talented.

It can be said that Qin Yi is one of the best students he has met in the past two years, and if he joins the Air Force pilot, he will definitely become the top pilot, but unfortunately he mentioned it once, and Qin Yi didn't have that idea at all.

Are you kidding, when you are an old American pilot? Let me blow up the White House?

Just learn to fly a small plane, and the leisurely life in the ranch is waiting for you to enjoy, and you can only become a soldier when your head is in the water!

"Don't just care about those fancy moves, Yi, you still have to focus more on the details of the control, be more serious, this can save lives at critical times!"

Flying is a serious matter, and although Sean was very satisfied with Qin Yi's learning progress, he still didn't forget to tell him.

"Yes, Sean."

Qin Yi is not bored, although Sean is a little suspicious of nagging, what he said is indeed right. He experienced the manoeuvre for a while, reversing the course and flying in the direction of Lewiston, repeating the basic flying skills he had learned.

Naturally, he couldn't get close to the Lewiston urban area, Qin Yi turned around again, raised his speed, turned his mind, and after reporting the route to the tower again, he flew in the direction of the ranch.

Haha, drive to the main house and let Chloe and Susa see, so we can fly too!

With this thought, Qin Yi squinted with a smile, slowly climbed again, reached a cruising altitude of 2,500 meters, maintained a cruising speed of 226 kilometers per hour, and flew in the direction of the pasture.

"Hey, Sean, do you want to be a guest on my ranch? Our flight is almost there! Qin Yi adjusted the communication channel and used headphones to transmit his voice to Sean's ears.

"Well, God will forgive you!" Sean shrugged his shoulders helplessly, knowing that Qin Yi had forgotten his instructions again, but seeing that there was really nothing wrong with his operation, he didn't say more.

Looking down from the sky, it seems to open the perspective of God, the patches of grassland are divided into "small pieces", and groups of cattle and sheep have become "spots" on the grassland, which looks novel and spectacular.

After flying at high speed for about ten minutes, Qin Yi came to his own ranch, first flew around the ranch at a high altitude, and then lowered the altitude and came to the sky above the main house.

The roar of the planes was still loud, and Chloe and Susa soon came out to check, and Ryan also ran over from the worker's room, still carrying a shotgun in his hand, apparently fearing that someone would come and make trouble.

Qin Yi kept the plane at a height where he could see his face clearly, circled around the main house, and cheered down at the same time, everyone recognized Qin Yi, holding it up and cheering, and the small animals also roared!

The whole main house is jumping with chickens and dogs!

Chloe smiled and pouted: "Really, fly to the ranch in an ugly little plane, and you are not afraid to scare the calves with such a loud voice!" ”

Susa waved his hand at Qin Yi, pursed his lips and smiled, but he didn't say anything, Ryan also put away the gun, just now he thought that those scoundrels came to make trouble, after all, there are some scoundrels who don't do their jobs anywhere.

"Okay, Yi, let's go back, it's so loud, don't make noise to the neighbors. And if you stay any longer, you will be violating the rules of the school. Sean also waved his hand below, and then persuaded Qin Yi to go back.

"Haha, then go back, I don't want to be credited by the school!" Qin Yi slowly climbed up and flew back towards the Great Falls City. (To be continued......)