Descent from an altitude of 10,000 meters [MTL] (Completed)

Chapter 76 Night Sky

Liang Yinan said that Ethan and Chen Jiayu would probably get along very well, which is true. During the chat, Ethan learned that Fang Hao wanted to learn to fly privately, so he pulled Fang Hao and Chen Jiayu over and told them - Yinan and I have a small plane parked at Rhett-Silver Airport. It's from the San Jose Flying Club and can take you flying. His aircraft happens to be a Cessna-172M, the most popular private jet model and one of the two Cessnas that Chen Jiayu has a license for. Hearing that they would be vacationing in the United States for at least a week, Ethan invited them on the spot to fly with him at RHV Airport. He was worthy of being an engineer. He didn't get drunk on the official day of his wedding, and he was still planning when to take the two of them on a flight in the next few days.

There are many airports for general aviation aircraft in the United States. Chen Jiayu did not expect that just after flying at John Wayne Airport in Southern California, he would take off again at the airport in Northern California. The plane he flew was Liang Yinan's plane, and Fang Hao was with him. . In fact, it is not difficult to obtain a private license in the United States. It only requires 40 hours of total flight time, a few required items such as transfers and night flights, and FAA written examinations and tests.

"40 hours is enough. Flying 8 hours a day is enough. The planes are all ready and I'll pay for the gas. Can you take the VFR test before you leave?" Chen Jiayu browsed the flight preparations that need to be made on his laptop. Teaching materials, while planning Fang Hao's progress in learning to fly. Liang Yinan is a captain who often flies across the east and west coasts of the United States. After two days of marriage, he didn't even take a day off and went back to the company to fly. From then on, Ethan was always with him. After Ethan flew with them twice, he also directly entrusted the aircraft to Chen Jiayu - he said, as a civil aviation captain, I feel more at ease with you than anyone else.

"We've agreed to travel." Fang Hao smiled at Chen Jiayu and said, "Didn't you fly with Chang Bin for two weeks before? Your hands are itchy." He looked around at the way Chen Jiayu prepared materials for him and found it interesting. It’s true that serious men are the most charming. Chen Jiayu was really serious about flying. There were times when Fang Hao even felt that it was unfair. He wanted to lose focus just looking at Chen Jiayu and forgot all the things he had memorized in his mind.

Chen Jiayu glanced at him and said, "It's different to take you flying."

That's what Fang Hao said, but he was also looking forward to it. As a controller, he already has a very good understanding of aircraft structures, systems, and basic principles. He is also very knowledgeable about land-to-air communications, chart recognition, etc., so to get started, he basically only needs to learn and memorize a checklist.

In the next few days, they changed to a hotel next to the San Jose Airport. During the day, they went to RHV and flew from sunrise to sunset, familiarizing themselves with the process while flying. At night, they were in the hotel, with Chen Jiayu sitting at the far end of the desk and Fang Hao. Lying on the bed, he studied Fang Hao's various checklists for Cessna. Of course, there were several times when I took the exam and ended up in bed, which is another matter.

They made an appointment for the check ride the day before returning to China, so time was really tight. The day before, Chen Jiayu took him through all the exam content - he didn't say a word and relied entirely on Fang Hao himself. After finishing all this, Chen Jiayu felt that there was no problem, so he could just take a nap and take the exam tomorrow. But Fang Hao said, let's fly again at night. The next time may have to wait a long time.

Of course Chen Jiayu complied.

That night, after having a meal in the city, they drove to the airport. After going around the airport for inspection as usual, Fang Hao was still sitting in the driver's seat and Chen Jiayu was in the passenger seat.