Chapter 187: The small plane takes off

In the next two weeks, Qin Yi ran more frequently to the Great Falls City, if the weather conditions permitted, basically once a day, after his efforts, the solo flight time gradually reached the standard, and finally applied for the test under Sean's arrangement, and passed in one fell swoop on the Friday of the second week, and got the coveted pilot license.

Of course, what you get now is a temporary license, but the legal effect is no different from a full license, and the official license will be sent to the ranch within two months.

Since then, Qin Yi has also completed a small goal, and he can drive the farm's pesticide plane to inspect the pasture!

He was a little impatient, and called Sean the night before and asked him to come over to the ranch to help check the condition of the plane, and if it was okay, it was ready to fly.

At nine o'clock on Saturday morning, Sean came to the ranch, Qin Yi invited him to the living room for a cup of coffee, and then took him to the warehouse in the rye area, where the small plane has been parked.

Angel and Susa naturally followed, as well as the Ryan family, although they had seen the many flights of this small plane, but now it was the first time Qin Yi had personally piloted it, and the meaning was naturally different!

The ranch's small plane is a light biplane with a landing gear that uses long-travel fluid shock absorbers and low-pressure tires to take off and land on the road. The small aircraft has 12 seats, has a maximum range of 1,560 km, a speed of up to 256 km/h, and a load of 1,500 kg.

Although it is a model decades ago, it is safe and reliable, good performance, simple use and maintenance, safe and reliable, etc., which can not only be used for sowing and fertilization, geological exploration and other work, but also for civil aviation passenger transportation, and even add water flight equipment, and can also be used as a seaplane!

The supporting inspection and maintenance tools and instruments are very complete, and Sean explained to Qin Yi on the side while testing.

Qin Yi naturally studied carefully, routine safety status detection and maintenance methods for common faults, etc. Every detail is not omitted, and it has the posture of hollowing out Sean's aircraft maintenance knowledge!

After all, I will often fly this small plane in the future, and I still have to learn to maintain it myself, otherwise I will have to hire someone before every flight. Coming all the way to inspect and repair, even if you are not afraid of trouble, it is always bad to trouble others.

After checking it out, he didn't find anything wrong, so Sean did some maintenance and clapped his hands. Turning to Qin Yi on the side, he said, "It's okay, Yi, you can fly!" ”

"Ha, I've been busy for so long, and I can finally drive this plane to look down on the ranch!" Qin Yi was a little excited, first shook Sean's hand to express his gratitude, and then happily said to Susa, who was also looking forward to them, "Hey, did you hear that?" I'm going to fly! ”

"Can you take me with you?" Angel couldn't wait to run over and take his hand. Asked with a little face.

"Of course, of course!" Qin Yi was overjoyed, squatted down and gnawed at the little girl's face, "The little bird is still waiting for you to fly together!" You will be transformed into a white swan. That's a very beautiful bird! ”

"Well, the white swan also needs the bird to be a friend!" Angel jumped and twisted her head to look at Susa with a smile on her face, "Mom." Do you want to fly with Uncle Yi? In the sky, let's make white swans together! ”

"Of course, of course!" Susa smiled and shook her head. Looking at Qin Yi, he felt that he had completely lost his maturity in the past, and at this moment, he was as excited as a child, just like Angel!

"Alright then, let's get started, and after flying in a circle, I'll treat everyone to lunch!"

Qin Yi pulled Angel to board the plane, Susa naturally followed, although Qin Yi, a novice, piloted a broken plane that had been shelved for half a year, there was a certain risk, but her heart was flat, if something went wrong, then let it come!

"The first flight, how can I be missing!"

Sean also stepped up to keep up, he was very confident in his maintenance ability, and now he is adding a kick, also to give everyone confidence, otherwise he has checked the plane but he doesn't even dare to sit on himself, how can others rest assured that they can drive and ride!

"This is Yi's first flight since I got my pilot's license, and I can't miss it!"

Sean did set an example, seeing that he was full of confidence, Ryan was not far behind, and he had worked on the ranch for many years, had seen the plane fly many times, and had not had a single accident, so although he was a little nervous, he was not afraid.

In the end, even Susie and Ricky couldn't resist the anticipation in their hearts and boarded the plane. After all, just like Ryan said, this is Qin Yi's first flight after getting his pilot license, and if he misses it, he may regret it for a long time.

"Haha, guys, we're flying!"

After everyone sat down in their seats and glanced at Sean who was making an OK gesture to him in the co-pilot, Qin Yi conveyed the take-off notice through the on-board communication equipment, and then pushed the hand brake, the engine began to run, and the small plane slowly moved along the ranch road.

As the horsepower increases, the plane gets faster and faster!

Looking at the backward scenery outside the window, everyone's mood was the same as Qin Yi's, excited, nervous, and expectant.

Finally, after taxiing 130 meters, the speed was raised to the maximum, and with Qin Yi's operation, the nose of the plane was raised, with a roar, and it rushed into the air and continued to climb!

"Wow, it's flying! Mom, we'll fly! ”

Angel was elated and excitedly wanted to stand up and jump, but Susa, who was sitting next to her, kept holding her little hand, and the seat belt around her waist reminded her that she couldn't move now, so she just sat honestly, but kept twisting her little head to look at the shrinking grass outside the window, thinking about how to greet the birds when she met them later!

"Yes, we're flying!"

Sousa looked down at her, the smile on her face was equally bright, this feeling was completely different from taking a civil airliner, just like taking a taxi, and driving your own tractor are two different feelings, that feeling of freedom and unrestraint, obvious!

She glanced at Qin Yi, who was concentrating on driving in front of her, and then followed Angel's gaze, admiring the magnificence of the surrounding scenery gradually becoming smaller under her feet.

The Ryan family sat in the back, and they were also overjoyed, and now that the plane had taken off safely, they had eliminated the tension in their hearts, and all that was left was the fun of flying over the ranch!

Although I have worked and lived in the ranch for many years, it is the first time I have seen the beauty of the ranch from the air!

Almost two minutes later, the plane rose to 500 meters in the air, and then maintained a steady flight under Qin Yi's operation.

While observing the avionics equipment, Qin Yi shouted to several people on the plane through the communication equipment: "Passengers and friends, I am Captain Qin Yi, now that the plane is flying smoothly, everyone can move!" ”

"Wow, Uncle Yi is the best, he can fly with us!" Angel was about to unbuckle her seat belt immediately, but she couldn't untie the buckle for a while, so she had to look at Susa expectantly and ask her for help!

Susa looked at the impatient little man, smiled and pointed at the little girl's face with her index finger, maybe a little itchy, the little girl smiled and shrank her little head to dodge.

With the help of Susa, Angel unbuckled her seat belt, jumped to the cockpit door, stood on tiptoe, admired the blue sky and white clouds through the front window, and then wanted to come to Qin Yi's side to take a look, she had seen adults driving cars, and it was the first time she had seen her fly a plane, so she was very curious!

However, where did Susa let her wish, and hurriedly called her back, for fear that the little girl would touch and touch it, which would affect the safe flight.

So, the little girl grimaced, stuck out her little tongue, and ran back to the cabin, laughing with the few adults who were sitting honestly.

Qin Yi controlled the small plane, and first flew around the workers' house in the rye area a few times, intending to let the cowboys see the heroic posture of himself, the rancher, flying in a broken plane, but the cowboys all went to graze, and there was no one in the workers' room, so Qin Yi's plan was ruined.

So, he turned around and began to fly around the rye area, looking for grazing cattle.

After flying for a few minutes, I finally saw a herd of calves in the sky, and a few cowboys around were riding horses and sentry, all of them were reduced a lot due to the height problem, and they looked very novel. (To be continued......)