American Ranch

Chapter 188 The Small Plane Takes Off

In the next two weeks, Qin Yi ran more frequently to Great Falls, basically once a day if the weather conditions allowed. After his hard work, the time for solo flight gradually reached the standard, and finally he applied for it under the arrangement of Xiao En The exam, and passed in one fell swoop on the Friday of the second week, and got the coveted pilot license.

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

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

He couldn't wait, so he called Sean the night before and asked him to come to the ranch to help check the status of the plane. If there was no problem, he could 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 District, where the small plane had been parked all the time.

Angel and Susa naturally followed, as well as the Ryan family. Although they had seen this small plane fly many times, it was the first time for Qin Yi to fly it himself, so the meaning was naturally different!
The ranch's small plane is a light biplane, and its landing gear uses large-stroke oil shock absorbers and low-pressure tires, which can take off and land on roads.The small plane has 12 seats, a maximum range of 1560 kilometers, a speed of 256 kilometers per hour, and a load of 1500 kilograms.

Although it is a model decades ago, it is safe and reliable, has good performance, and has the characteristics of simple operation and maintenance, safety and reliability. Flying equipment, it can also be used as a seaplane!

The supporting inspection and maintenance tools and equipment are complete. Xiao En explained to Qin Yi while inspecting.

Qin Yi naturally studied carefully, routine safety status inspections and maintenance methods for common faults, etc., every detail was not omitted, and he seemed to empty out Xiao En's aircraft maintenance knowledge!
After all, I will often fly this small plane in the future, so I still need to learn how to maintain it by myself, otherwise, before each flight, I have to ask someone to come all the way to check and maintain it. Even if I am not afraid of trouble, I always trouble others. not good.

After a check, nothing was found. Xiao En did some maintenance, clapped his hands, turned around and said to Qin Yi who was beside him: "It's ok, Yi, you can fly now!"

"Ha, after being busy for so long, I can finally fly this plane to look down on the ranch!" Qin Yi was a little excited, first shook Xiao En's hand to express his gratitude, and then happily said to Susa and the others who were also looking forward to it: "Hey, did you hear that? I'm going to fly!"

"Can you take me with you?" An Qier couldn't wait to run over, took his hand, and asked with her small face raised.

"Of course, of course!" Qin Yi was overjoyed, knelt down and gnawed on the little girl's face, "The little bird is still waiting for you to fly together! You will turn into a white swan, that is a very beautiful bird!"

"Well then, white swans also need birds as friends!" Angel bouncing around, then turned her head to look at the smiling Susa, "Mom, do you want to fly with Uncle Yi? In the sky, we Let's be white swans together!"

"Of course, of course!" Susa smiled and shook her head. Looking at Qin Yi, she felt that he had lost all his maturity. At this moment, he was as excited as a child, just like Angel!
"Okay then, let's start quickly. After flying around, I'll treat everyone to lunch!"

Qin Yi pulled Angel and was about to board the plane, and Susa naturally followed. Although Qin Yi, a novice, was at risk in flying a broken plane that had been put on hold for half a year, she was calm in her heart. If something went wrong, let her It's coming!
"The first flight, how could I be missing!"

Sean also stepped up to keep up. He is very confident in his maintenance ability, and now he is doing it to give everyone confidence. Otherwise, he has inspected the plane but he would not even dare to sit on it. How can others drive and ride with confidence!
"This is Yi's first flight after getting his pilot's license, I can't miss it!"

Sean has indeed set an example. Seeing that he is full of confidence, Ryan is not far behind. Moreover, he has worked in the ranch for many years and has seen this plane fly many times without any accident. Therefore, although he is a little nervous , but there is no fear.

Eventually, even Suzie and Rachel couldn't hold back the anticipation and boarded the plane.After all, as Ryan said, this is Qin Yi's first flight after getting his pilot's license. If he misses it, he might regret it for a long time.

"Haha, guys, we're flying!"

After everyone sat down in their seats, he took a look at Sean on the co-pilot who made an OK gesture to him. Qin Yi communicated the take-off notice through the on-board communication equipment, then pushed the hand brake, the engine started to run, and the small plane walked along the pasture. The road moved forward slowly.

As the horsepower increases, the speed of the aircraft becomes faster and faster!

Looking at the receding scenery outside the window, everyone was in the same mood as Qin Yi, excited, nervous, and looking forward to it.

Finally, after gliding for 130 meters, the speed increased to the maximum. Following Qin Yi's operation, the nose of the plane rose, and with a whistling sound, it jumped into the air and continued to climb!
"Wow, it's flying! Mom, we can fly!"

Angel was elated and excitedly wanted to stand up and jump, but Susa, who was sitting next to her, was holding her little hand tightly, and the seat belt around her waist reminded her not to move around, so she just sat obediently, just I couldn't help turning my head and looking at the shrinking grass outside the window, thinking about how to greet the birds when I meet them later!
"Yes, we're flying!"

Susa looked down at her with the same bright smile on her face. This feeling is completely different from taking a civil airliner, just like taking a taxi is the same as driving her own tractor. That kind of free and unrestrained Feel, obviously!

She glanced at Qin Yi in front of him who was concentrating on driving, 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. Now that the plane took off safely, they relieved the tension in their hearts. The rest is the fun of flying over the pasture!
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!
After about 2 minutes, the plane rose to 500 meters in the air, and then under Qin Yi's control, it kept flying smoothly.

While observing the avionics equipment, Qin Yi shouted to several people on the plane through the communication equipment: "Passengers and friends, I am the captain Qin Yi. Now the plane is flying smoothly, everyone can move around!"

"Wow, Uncle Yi is the best, he can take us flying!" Angel was about to unbuckle her seat belt immediately, but she couldn't untie it for a long time, so she could only look at Susa expectantly and look at her. help!
Seeing the impatient little man, Susa smiled and tapped the little girl's face with her index finger. It might be a little itchy. The little girl smiled and shrank her head to avoid it.

With Susa's help, Angel unbuckled her seat belt, jumped to the cabin door of the cab, stood on tiptoe, and admired the blue sky and white clouds through the front window, and then wanted to get close to Qin Yi for a look, she saw It's the first time I've ever seen an adult drive a car or fly an airplane. I'm very curious!
But Susa didn't let her get what she wanted, so she hurriedly called her back, for fear that the little girl would touch her randomly and affect the safe flight.

So, the little girl made a grimace, stuck out her little tongue, and ran back to the cabin, joking with the adults who were sitting honestly.

Qin Yi manipulated the small plane, and first flew around the workers' house in the Rye District a few times, intending to show the cowboys how handsome he was as a rancher flying in a broken plane, but the cowboys were all grazing, and there was no one in the worker's house. People, let Qin Yi's plan come to naught.

So he turned around and began flying around the rye field, looking for grazing cattle.

After flying for a few minutes, I finally saw a group of calves in the sky, and a few cowboys around were riding on horseback. Due to the height problem, they all shrank a lot, which looked very novel.

(End of this chapter)