A speechless night!
Zhou Yang got up early the next morning.
After the reception banquet last night, they received a notification from Liaoshen Aircraft Manufacturing Factory.
In order to ensure the smooth progress of the first flight, all leaders and accompanying personnel participating in the first flight ceremony are required to have breakfast before 8 o'clock today and gather in front of the guest house.
At that time, the aircraft factory will send a special car to take everyone to the venue where the first flight ceremony will be held.
Zhou Yang has always been a punctual and well-behaved person, so he got up before seven o'clock, and also woke up Guo Yamin next door.
After washing up, the group went straight to the internal canteen of Liaoshen Aircraft Factory!
When Zhou Yang and others came over, Gao Tingye, Zeng Anning and others had already arrived and were eating in the cafeteria.
After seeing Zhou Yang and Guo Yamin coming, they all stood up to say hello!
After a simple meal, everyone came outside the canteen, chatting and waiting for the aircraft factory's car.
The reason why they didn't go there by themselves was mainly for safety.
After all, the first flight ceremony is different from the opening ribbon-cutting and other activities. Special attention must be paid to safety issues. In particular, it must be ensured that spectators must not appear on the runway of the airport, which can cost lives.
Therefore, in order to avoid accidents, for events like this, the guests attending the ceremony are usually pulled to the designated venue by the organizer's vehicles, and today is no exception.
Soon, with the sound of "rumbling" engines, several buses came to the canteen.
Afterwards, a few people who looked like cadres got out of the car and directed everyone to line up and get on the bus.
Zhou Yang and others were the first to board the bus. After all the seats were filled, the driver quickly started the car and drove towards the first flight venue in the distance!
Soon, the car arrived at the venue for today’s first flight—West Airport!
Liaoshen Aircraft Factory has three airports. The west airport is relatively small and has a short runway, but it has a helipad, so today's helicopter first flight ceremony was held here.
As soon as he arrived at the airport, through the car window, Zhou Yang saw two good-looking planes parked on the helipad not far away.
It was the two "Mountain Eagles" he saw in the aircraft assembly workshop yesterday afternoon. Obviously, they were the absolute protagonists today!
Soon, the car stopped east of the airport.
Subsequently, the guests who participated in the first flight ceremony stepped out of the car one after another under the guidance of the staff.
The first flight site was obviously carefully arranged and was just clean and hygienic. There was even a specially built viewing platform.
On both sides of the viewing platform, there are a large number of stools, with seven or eight rows on the left and right, with more than a dozen people in each row.
It can be seen that many people participated in the first flight ceremony of the Shanying helicopter today!
As soon as Zhou Yang and Guo Yamin got off the car, they saw Gu Zhenhua waving to them, motioning for them to come over.
As soon as I came over, I heard Gu Zhenhua say with a smile: "Comrade Zhou Yang, Mr. Guo, your place is on the viewing platform!"
Zhou Yang and Guo Yamin did not show any pretense. Under the guidance of the staff, they came to the stage and sat down on the chairs with their names on them.
As time passed, a large number of guests entered the venue, most of whom were internal employees of Liaoshen Aircraft Factory.
For such a meaningful event, whether it is to allow these employees to serve as tools to enhance the atmosphere, or to enhance the sense of honor of these employees, in short, most of the employees of Liaoshen Aircraft Factory are here today.
In addition, there were also a large number of military leaders and leading cadres from other provinces and units who were invited to participate. They looked densely packed with people.
Before half past eight, the entire viewing platform was filled with people, and the stools on both sides were also filled with staff and cadres. The atmosphere was very lively.
At half past eight, as several military jeeps slowly drove into the venue, Mr. Jiang, Mr. Yang, Director Zou from the Liaoshen Aircraft Factory, Director Tian from the Changhe Aircraft Factory, and others stepped out of the vehicles one after another.
I don’t know who started it, but the scene quickly burst into warm applause that lasted for a long time!
As Mr. Jiang and others took their seats, the countdown to the Shanying helicopter's first flight ceremony began...
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At nine o'clock in the morning, as the guests arriving at the ceremony one after another, the first flight ceremony of the "Mountain Eagle" helicopter officially began.
An event like this naturally involves familiar and somewhat clichéd processes, such as leaders’ speeches.
As the head of Liaoshen Aircraft Factory and the nominal host, Director Zou was naturally the first to deliver a speech.
Then came Director Tian from the Changhe Aircraft Factory, and finally Jiang Lao made his final appearance.
In fact, during dinner yesterday, Director Zou asked Zhou Yang for his opinion and asked him if he wanted to say a few words at the first flight ceremony.
After all, the "Shanying" was jointly developed by three of their units. Representatives from Liaoshen Aircraft Factory and Changhe Aircraft Factory gave speeches, and their Babaoliang Research Institute should also say a few words.
But this matter was vetoed by Zhou Yang. As a scientific researcher, he really didn't like speaking in such public situations, and he didn't want to be too public.
After Mr. Jiang finished his speech, he immediately announced that the "Mountain Eagle" helicopter had officially taken off for its first flight.
After receiving the order, the test pilot immediately started the aircraft engine and asked the ground command center for instructions.
After receiving the instruction from the command center that "everything is normal and ready to take off", the two helicopters, which were ready to go, slowly took off under the nervous gaze of everyone, and then flew into the distance!
Watching the plane take off smoothly, the guests watching the ceremony instantly burst into loud cheers. Many people even hugged their friends around them excitedly...
However, Zhou Yang, who had already seen the test data of the Shanying helicopter, looked calm and showed no signs of excitement.
Not only Zhou Yang, but also Mr. Jiang, Mr. Yang and others not far away, and even Director Zou, Director Tian and Deputy Director Lang all had the same expression.
Although each of them had a smile on their face, Zhou Yang could not see any excitement.
In fact, it is not difficult to understand. The first flight is not the first time the aircraft has taken off after it was developed. It can only be said to be the first official appearance.
Before its first flight, almost every model of aircraft must undergo hundreds or thousands of lift-off tests. Only when it is determined that there are no major problems will such a first flight ceremony be held.
So people like Mr. Jiang and Mr. Yang should have seen the relevant test data and have a good understanding of the performance of the new helicopter.
This is like playing a game. People usually look forward to close games, because the results of such games are generally difficult to predict.
If the disparity in strength between the two players is too great, the result will be obvious, and such a game will lose interest and passion.
Moreover, Zhou Yang knew better that the first flight ceremony was just a formality. What was really important was the confrontation after the ceremony.
That person was excited when he thought about the benefits of tens to tens of billions of dollars.
While Zhou Yang was deep in thought, the two test pilots in the air began to get back to work after passing routine tests.
I saw them driving two helicopters to climb and dive, causing the onlookers to scream in surprise.
After flying in the air for more than an hour, the two helicopters landed slowly under orders from the ground.
Subsequently, Gu Zhenhua, on behalf of the project department, officially announced that the first flight of the "Mountain Eagle" helicopter was a complete success.
The scene erupted into loud cheers again, which lasted for several minutes.
As the first flight ceremony ended, at Jiang Lao's suggestion, the main representatives of Liaoshen Aircraft Factory, Changhe Aircraft Factory and Babaoliang Research Institute immediately went to the conference room of Liaoshen Aircraft Factory.
Although Mr. Jiang didn't say why he went to the conference room, Zhou Yang had already guessed that he must be sitting in a row to divide the fruit.
But now there are so many people sharing the same fruit, which is not easy to do.
At that moment, he took a deep breath, adjusted his mood, and followed Mr. Jiang and others to leave the first flight site.
Zhou Yang knew that their "struggle" was about to begin...
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