After an hour of familiarization. Fang Hongtian put on his parachute bag and made a final inspection. Then he made a gesture to the ground.
"It's time to take off!"
"Dean Liu, Captain Fang said we can take off, please give us instructions."
Liu Jinghong was not in a hurry to approve. He just walked quickly to the bottom of the plane and shouted: "Captain Fang. This is just a test product. Although I am very confident. But if something unexpected happens, parachute immediately. If the plane is gone, it can be rebuilt." , people must not get into trouble."
Fang Hongtian shouted: "Yes."
Fang Hongtian never neglects pilots' self-protection.
Aircraft can be built, but talent is too rare. It takes a lot of training and a lot of investment to produce a pilot.
The new Kyushu government treats their treasures the same. Safety awareness education for self-protection is the most important aspect.
Every pilot has a subconscious sense of self-preservation.
Liu Jinghong then shouted: "You can take off!"
After the words fell, several cars quickly drove along the runway towards the front, to the end of the runway.
As they kept driving forward, someone from the car window shouted loudly with a loudspeaker: "Everyone, take three steps back!"
"The plane is about to take off, everyone takes three steps back."
"Raise the cordon and the plane is about to take off."
“…”
The car ran all the way, and the crowds of people on both sides of the runway stepped back in a dignified manner. Then there were soldiers standing on both sides and cordoned off with red ropes, prohibiting anyone from crossing the cordon.
After checking back and forth twice, I made sure there was no problem.
A flare was fired at the end of the runway.
Seeing the signal flare take off, the soldiers around the pergola shouted: "According to the instructions from the front, the runway has been cleared. You can take off!"
Liu Jinghong shouted: "Take off!"
As he spoke, Liu Jinghong's body trembled, and he looked expectantly at the first airplane he had built in his life, the Swordfish.
It must succeed!
Two soldiers quickly ran to the front of the plane and suddenly waved the green flag. This is a flag signal, proving that the ground crew has arranged for takeoff.
The moment Fang Hongtian saw the flag, he pressed the engine start button.
"Buzz..."
The crazy roar of the engine that shook the entire gale tower suddenly spread throughout the wild surroundings.
The distinctive roar of the radial engine was heard in all directions.
The propeller began to rotate at high speed.
But Fang Hongtian stepped on the brake pad of the landing gear and did not rush out. Instead, he warmed up the engine in an orderly manner.
After preheating for about a minute, Fang Hongtian took a deep breath and pulled down the windproof goggles. He bit the breathing tube in his mouth and fastened his seat belt calmly.
Taking a deep breath, Fang Hongtian sat in the cockpit and looked up at the blue sky, with blazing fire in his eyes.
Wait for me, I'm here to conquer you!
He lowered his head and looked at the track in front of him, as well as the onlookers standing on both sides of the track holding their breath and looking forward to it.
Then he looked at the big guys sitting in the pergola, as well as Li Zhen.
Fang Hongtian slowly released the brake pedal.
At the moment of loosening, the plane slowly slid forward.
By moving the control stick, the aircraft will turn slightly and align itself horizontally with the runway. Finally make sure you are at an absolutely straight angle.
After making sure, Fang Hongtian completely released the brake pedal.
The Swordfish began to rush forward slowly. And then faster and faster, faster and faster.
The car that was running behind it as a precaution actually had some trouble catching up with it.
sixty!
seventy!
Fang Hongtian stared at the bit rate meter on the dashboard, and his heartbeat began to accelerate.
Then slowly step on the accelerator deeper and deeper.
'Ang ang ang'
The roar of the engine could be heard throughout the runway.
On the runway, the Swordfish was like a flash of silver lightning, running crazily on the runway. Swirling up a cloud of dust.
The speed is getting faster and faster.
seventy-five!
Seventy-six!
Seventy-eight!
eighty!
The speedometer exceeded 80 miles, and Fang Hongtian slowly moved the push rod.
Pushing forward slightly, the wings showed some slight amplitude.
At the same time, the aircraft's landing gear floated a little and tended to lift off the ground.
Feeling this familiar feeling of weightlessness, Fang Hongtian felt a little unsure. He continued to step on the accelerator, and then pushed the putter harder.
When the speed exceeded 90, the car could no longer catch up.
The plane had already raised its nose, making a high-flying attitude.
Fang Hongtian was a little anxious, what's going on? Why hasn't it taken off yet
You just have the attitude of taking off, but still haven't taken off? why is that
Continue to step on the accelerator, but the accelerator has been pressed to the bottom. This speed is already the limit of the engine.
Continuing to run forward for a kilometer, Fang Hong breathed a sigh of relief when he was about to reach the end of the track, because he could already feel himself vacating.
Yes, the Swordfish was completely off the ground at this time, more than three meters above the ground.
The crowd at the end of the runway was in a panic. Seeing the plane rushing towards them, everyone screamed and ran away. Some of them hugged their heads and fell directly to the ground.
A buzzing sound.
The wind howled. The plane passed directly over their heads and then shot straight into the blue sky. Higher and higher.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't wait to stand up and look up. Everyone yelled: "It's so exciting!"
"I thought he was going to hit us."
"It flew right over our heads."
"It's so exciting."
"I can brag about this for the rest of my life."
“…”
Silver lightning shot into the blue sky at an extremely fast speed, getting higher and higher.
It's much faster than an airship. It is simply impossible to describe in words, it is about ten times the speed of an airship.
That streamlined body is simply made for aerospace. What a genius it takes to design such a fuselage structure.
"good!"
"Success!"
“…”
In the pergola, there was a round of applause.
Li Zhen sighed softly.
Liu Jinghong, along with everyone in the Aviation Institute, had serious expressions on their faces. It was in sharp contrast to the cheers of others.
Xun Shifei patted Liu Jinghong's shoulder excitedly: "I'm proud of you. You designed this."
Liu Jinghong forced a laugh.
Xun Shifei was slightly startled: "What? Are you unhappy?"
Liu Jinghong said calmly: "It is far behind expectations."
"Huh? What's going on?"
"The double-decker aircraft is very stable and takes off easily. A steam car with a speed of fifty or sixty miles can take off easily. But the Swordfish exceeded the speed of eighty miles and did not take off completely until the end of the runway. This is different from ours. The assumptions are different.”
"But it has been successful."
As he spoke, Xun Shifei looked up at the blue sky and saw the silver figure flying through the white clouds at high speed. He kept walking back and forth, with a hint of longing in his eyes.
'buzz'
In Laoshan County, everyone ran out and pointed to the sky excitedly.
"Wow.,:"
"That's the plane!"
"so fast."
"Too fast. Is this the legendary Swordfish?"
"This is the well-deserved overlord of the blue sky."
“…”
Li Zhen stood up, holding a telescope and looking at the Swordfish that was constantly flying through the clouds, and observed it for a long time.
He frowned and shouted quickly: "The ground crew immediately sent a radio to the aircraft and ordered it to circle towards the sea. Don't hover in crowded places."
The ground crew was stunned, then quickly obeyed and sent a telegram.
On the plane, the electrical signal receiving device in the helmet sounded the beeping telegraph sound. Fang Hongtian was stunned for a moment, and then he interpreted it, which meant that he should go to the sea.
Fang Hongtian did not hesitate and immediately turned around and flew towards the sea level. But he suddenly became nervous because he seemed to have discovered something was wrong...
(End of chapter)