Chapter 321: The First Flight
Now that the plane is in place, it's time to go to the flight training school to sign up for training, after all, if you finish the test one day earlier, you can fly casually one day earlier.
There are many aviation schools in the United States, which are roughly divided into two types. One is accredited by the FAA, which has more facilities, but also because their courses need to be reviewed and approved by the FAA, the training price is slightly more expensive, and the requirements for the number of hours are less.
The other is that there are no FAA-accredited aviation schools, they do not have a fixed class schedule, and the teaching is more flexible, but their flight hours are more.
According to Liu Yunxuan's address, the arrangement is not very far from Andy's Ranch, which is on the outskirts of Augusta City.
They need to get basic flight training here before adding pilot training for that SR22GTS.
When a group of four people drove Liu Yunxuan's Mercedes-Benz G65 to the aviation school according to the navigation instructions, there were really many people who came here to learn to fly.
Not far from the airport, there are all kinds of large and small planes parked, and there are also some small planes, which take off and land from time to time. Seeing that they signed up, Liu Yunxuan and the others were even a little more excited than when they took the driver's license test.
According to the guidance of the road sign, I came to the registration office, showed the study certificate materials provided by Cirrus Company, and then filled in some forms prescribed by the FAA.
Because they all have green cards, they omit the background check.
The next step is the medical check-up and course arrangement. Because some medical check-up items require no food or water for 12 hours, they have to be postponed until tomorrow.
In terms of the choice of theoretical courses, they all chose video teaching. There are ready-made pilots at home, and they will explain it to everyone in more detail, and it will save you from running this way.
After the next day's check-up. I began to enter the intense theoretical learning stage.
At this time, the atmosphere of learning in Andy's Ranch is very strong, and it is almost the same if you don't talk about books and don't leave your hands. The main thing is that there is too much knowledge involved.
Principles of Flight Mechanics, Aerodynamics, Meteorology, FAA Aviation Regulations...... The fat man has been almost cantilevered in the past few days.
When studying, it was really thanks to Bob and Joseph's explanations, coupled with the on-site cooperation of the Cirrus SR22 aircraft, which allowed them to quickly figure out a lot of theoretical knowledge, otherwise, it looked like the book of heaven was really good.
There's so much flying knowledge involved. Liu Yunxuan has never been in contact with it, and he has studied it seriously.
The results of their efforts were very good, Michelle and Liu Yunxuan unsurprisingly passed the written exam in a week, and the results were very good, one was eighty-nine points, one was eighty-eight points, and Michelle was slightly better.
And the fat man and Liu Yunhai were unlucky, they had to study hard for more than half a month before they passed the written exam. Wait until the day of the pass, the fat man swears. Don't ask for trouble like this again.
Because they belong to the free teaching relationship, every two people are assigned a coach, and they do not have the right to choose the training machine, unless they spend extra money.
But they don't care, anyway, after they go back, they can let Bob teach at home, they have practiced before, and they are also certified people.
The coach in charge of Liu Yunxuan and Michelle is called Jim. He has more than 20 years of teaching experience. In the early stage, the explanation was very detailed, and I took them to see the internal dashboards of many small planes.
He also gave them a detailed description of the number jù indicators expressed by each meter. Although Bob also mentioned some, Liu Yunxuan and the others also listened carefully.
Liu Yunxuan remembers the clearest sentence Jim said, that is, before each flight, you must carefully check all parts of the plane, from the inside to the outside, every screw, every part of the fuselage.
Because one of his friends was too sloppy at the beginning. Without careful inspection, the fuel tank cap was loose, and after flying away, the plane ran out of fuel, so it made an emergency landing in the farmland, although his life was saved. But his leg was broken.
Liu Yunxuan: The aircraft they used was a Cessna 172 trainer aircraft, and they had been looking at it for some years.
"Don't worry, kids, don't look shabby on the outside, but the parts inside are very new." Jim said with a smile as he looked at the two of them. "Airplanes are different from other aircraft, and after a certain number of hours of flight, they will be repaired and replaced parts."
"We must not allow any potentially dangerous aircraft to go into the sky."
"Okay kids, come on the plane with me." Jim clapped his hands and got on the plane first.
This is the first flight of the professor's course, so take two of them, or a lot of things will have to be told a second time.
"Kids, don't look at the instruments on the plane, but it's this 'T' zone that is most relevant to us." Jim fastened his seatbelt and gestured to the dashboard before continuing.
"Once you master them, all the planes are actually pretty much the same. I've just introduced it to you, so I won't say more, kids, fasten your seat belts, and we'll go out. ”
Liu Yunxuan was sitting in the co-pilot's seat, he looked at the interior of the plane, it was indeed less equipment than his own plane, but he could also find the values on the dashboard to compare them one by one.
Old Jim's technique is also very good, and the plane is smooth when climbing.
"Children, in fact, the two most important actions in flight are taking off and landing." Old Jim's voice came back from the headphones.
"No matter what kind of aircraft you will be flying in the future, you must know the take-off distance, the landing distance and the wind direction at that time."
"Only then can you drive it, or you're playing with your life."
In this way, Old Jim kept talking in the plane, and Liu Yunxuan and Michelle listened carefully.
As a veteran coach, he knows where the crux of these beginners' problems is and points out some of the situations they often encounter.
"Come on, young man, it's not the first time you've played with airplanes, try to operate it." After Jim explained it all, he looked at Liu Yunxuan and said with a smile.
Many beginners will have some discomfort of different journeys when they take a small plane for the first time, just like a fat man flying for the first time, after all, when he tilts his head, he sees an open space.
But these two people were the same as no one else, their expressions did not change, and old Jim knew that even if he had not driven himself, he often rode them.
"Okay, Coach Jim, Andy takes over." Liu Yunxuan said after holding the rudder with both hands.
"Young man, don't be nervous, you see, don't you fly very smoothly, you have a talent for flying." Jim on the side looked at Liu Yunxuan and said praisefully.
This is really the first time he has flown a plane, and when he is at home, he mainly watches how Bob operates, and he has been busy with exams and has not been in the sky much during this time.
Originally, I wanted to fly while I was passing the written exam, but I was solemnly protested by the fat man, and the fat man said it was good, it was already faster than them, and when the time came, why should we graduate together and get a license.
That's it, Liu Yunxuan had no choice but to give up, anyway, it's not bad for a few days.
After the initial nervousness, he also slowly relaxed, and under the guidance of old Jim's password, he did some routine maneuvers. I've seen Bob operate many times, and Liu Yunxuan's actions are very standard.
"Alright, young man, I'll leave the landing to me, old fellow." When the plane turned back to the airport, Old Tom said.
"Whew, that's cool. Michelle come on. After the plane landed, Liu Yunxuan said encouragingly to Michelle, who was exchanging seats. Michelle also waved her small fist in response.
Old Tom didn't talk so much about Michelle when Michelle flew, but just explained the essentials of the operation to Michelle again in order, and also tried to let Michelle fly for a while.
"Young man, you are all very good, I think it won't take many hours to pass the guò exam." When the class time was over, Jim said after signing their names on their study cards.
Old Tom is very happy, every coach wants his students to be smarter, so that when he teaches, it is easy to say, and the future pass rate is also high.
Liu Yunxuan felt very unsatisfied, and thought about continuing to fly after returning to the ranch. (To be continued!)
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