Above the cloud

Do you know what I said to him? "Ivan asked himself, "I said to him, 'I wish you happiness'. "

After hanging up the phone, Alden still stood there, looking at the moon quietly, as if thinking about something.He doesn't know whether his choice is correct, but he knows himself and cannot turn back.

Kelvin was hospitalized with food poisoning.

John told Yin Chen the news, and Yin Chen gloated secretly, thinking that this was definitely retribution.Later, when John changed the subject and asked if he could come and help lead the twin-engine real flight simulation the next day, he immediately agreed.

He didn't realize until he hung up the phone. Since it was a real flight simulation, he would definitely meet Alden.

I was inexplicably a little apprehensive.

The day after the showdown, Alden went home to get the keys.But Yin Chen deliberately hid that day and stayed in the library in the city center for a day.

Although he had occasional contact with Alden in the past few days, he only asked some technical questions over the phone and had no chance to meet him face-to-face.For Yin Chen's questions, Alden always answered meticulously, but every time when the problem was solved and wanted to turn the topic to the two of them, Yin Chen would immediately thank him in a business-like manner, and quickly hung up the phone.

Sometimes, Yin Chen also asks himself why he avoids Alden like a mouse fears a cat.

Just because he's gay?

The answer is obviously no.In Yin Chen's chaotic social circle, homosexuality is not uncommon, and he has dealt with them before.Even he has some friends who are "two-way plugs", men and women are not taboo.

Yin Chen had to admit that he was probably too sensitive, and the more he thought about it, the more he thought that was the reason.

He felt from the bottom of his heart that Alden didn't actually like him, but he just regarded himself as a friend, at most a friend with some heart-to-heart friends.But somehow, the more he comforted himself, the more resistance in Yin Chen's heart involuntarily arose.

Chaotic thoughts don't slow down the passage of time.

Early the next morning, Yin Chen drove to the flying courtyard.

He looked at himself in the rearview mirror.His face was as handsome as ever, but the eye sockets were darkened, adding a bit of haggardness.

He rubbed the dark circles under his eyes angrily, only hating that his thoughts were always out of control.

John is very grateful for Yin Chen's support, and he also knows that the other party is at an important juncture in modifying the model. Only after passing the theory test next week can Yin Chen start simulator training as soon as possible.

"Alden," John called, and called over the person Yin Chen didn't want to see at the moment, "Kelvin is in charge of the list of students in his hands, hand it over to you." After finishing speaking, he left.

Alden nodded to Yin Chen and said hello.Seeing his dark circles, he handed him a cup of canned coffee and said, "Don't try too hard."

Yin Chen took it, forced a smile, and said, "I'm fine. Thanks."

"Yin Hang has already told me, I know that Ivan has gone to you." Alden didn't give Yin Chen any chance to turn around this time, and went straight to the point, "I want to explain that although I am gay, I am also gay. Doesn't mean you can't have same-sex friends."

Yin Chen didn't dare to look directly into his eyes, so he averted his gaze.

Alden had a helpless smile on his face, as if he was very dissatisfied with Yin Chen's recent behavior, "I don't have any thoughts about you, can you stop avoiding me so deliberately?"

What the other party said was straightforward, and Yin Chen couldn't avoid it anymore, so he could only smile with the corners of his mouth, although this smile seemed a bit forced to Alden, "Hey, you misunderstood, I'm just a little stressed because of the refit, and I don't know what to say." I didn't mean to avoid you."

Alden patted the other person on the shoulder, "Don't put too much pressure on yourself, you graduated with an Honor Degree. If you don't understand anything, you can always find me."

"Well, no problem." Yin Chen suddenly thought of something, and took out two books from his bag, which were "B747 Model Theory" and "Safety Inspection Manual" left by Ivan, "I have read these two books. , you can return it to Ivan by the way."

"Okay." Alden agreed and reached for the book, but Yin Chen didn't let go.

Alden showed a puzzled expression, "What's wrong?"

Yin Chen realized his gaffe, and immediately let go.He watched the book arrive in Alden's arms, and the other party flipped through it with a nostalgic expression on his face, and said, "This is still the note he left when he went to school."

Yin Chen narrowed his eyes and drank the coffee in his hand.He said to Alden, "Thank him for me."

"Don't be polite to him. It's good if I can help you." Alden smiled, then handed Yin Chen a stack of lists, and said, "By the way, these are the students Kelvin is in charge of. Everything is yours."

Yin Chen took it, but didn't open it.Looking at the man's usual smile, he didn't know why, but felt a little empty in his heart.

At this moment, all he knew was that he really wanted to drink a glass of water to wash away the bitter coffee in his mouth.

The training began, and Alden and other instructors led the trainees onto the tarmac in single file.Yin Chen was waiting for them on the sidelines.

Yin Hang happened to be in Yin Chen's group as well.Among the three students rowed away by Alden, one was Xin Na.

Xin Na also saw Yin Chen in the teacher's uniform, and immediately wanted to come to him with aggrieved expression.And Alden walked over calmly, blocking her only way.

Yin Chen looked away, called the names of the students in his group, and led them to the track on the other side of the field to gather.

He took Yin Hang onto the plane first.Yin Hang sat in the driver's seat and drove and taxied skillfully.Stopped at the waiting point and began to check the equipment according to the checklist, and nodded to Yin Chen after confirming that everything was normal.

Yin Chen ticked off the record sheet and said, "Continue."

Yin Hang heard the words and began to contact the control tower through the channel to apply for access to the runway.

The wind was strong today, and the clouds in the sky were relatively thick. Yin Hang felt a lot of pressure when he took off. He pressed the rudder pressure plate according to the method taught by Yin Chen, and the fuselage lightened and quickly lifted into the air.

The plane was very bumpy after it left the ground, and Yin Hang felt his palms sweating, and his heart was a little nervous.

Yin Chen comforted him with his eyes and told him to continue climbing.Sure enough, when the plane reached 2000 feet, it finally stabilized.

Then the two walked along the Swan River as planned.Due to the bad weather, Yin Hang has been guarding the weather frequency.

While watching Yin Hang's operation, Yin Chen wrote feedback on the record sheet.He directed Yin Hang to simulate an engine loss, and then flew a small route.Yin Hang carried out the steps carefully, except for looking a little nervous, the overall performance was perfect.

The wet and salty sea breeze poured in from the cockpit and blew across the cheeks, which was very refreshing.

"OK, let's return to the field and fly a few landings." Yin Chen said.

Yin Hang contacted the control tower to apply for a return flight, and drove the plane towards the runway at a lower altitude.At the moment of landing, Yin Chen grabbed the steering wheel and pulled the plane aloft.Yin Hang knew that this was also a necessary training, so he reported to the control tower and went around directly.

"The response is good." Yin Chen nodded, and wrote a few more notes on the record sheet.

Yin Hang laughed when he heard this.When I first flew with my brother, I was under a lot of pressure.After all, from a very young age, my brother was his idol.However, Yin Chen has a good temper and doesn't like to swear. Compared with other instructors who are full of bad words, flying with him can quickly make people forget that they are training and concentrate on enjoying the flight.

Yin Hang ascended to 2000 feet again, intending to land on the field for the second time.Suddenly, the engine let out a piercing roar, and after the fuselage trembled, the instrument panel showed that the output power had dropped to 0.Yin Hang frowned and tried to retract the accelerator, but found that the EGT value was still increasing.

"Brother..." Yin Hang looked at Yin Chen with a trace of panic in his eyes, "Both engines have failed."

Yin Chen's expression froze, and he immediately took control of the aircraft. He said to Yin Hang, "Hurry up and contact the control tower, we have to return to this field and land immediately."

Fortunately, just after a go-around, the location of the plane is not far from the airport.Yin Hang quickly reported to the control tower and fully supported Yin Chen in controlling the plane.He carefully observed the fuselage, and there was no fire alarm, so he accurately reported the value of the instrument and the condition of the fuselage to the control tower.

On this side, Yin Chen controlled the disabled plane, pedaling the rudder to restrain the fuselage from deflecting with the wind, and trying to keep flying in a straight line.Unlike large civil aviation airliners, training aircraft have no backup equipment after failure, making it more difficult to land safely.Coupled with the strong wind today, it is already very difficult to control a plane with a complete engine to land in a crosswind, let alone a plane that has completely lost power.

Yin Chen looked at the younger brother beside him, his heart beating like a drum, and various images of landing failures circulated in his mind, making him a little unsteady in breathing.He understood that as a professional pilot, he should remain calm, but his hands still couldn't help shaking.

At this time, a familiar voice came from the teacher channel, "Yin Chen, this is Alden, please reply."

Yin Chen suddenly felt relieved, and hurriedly replied: "Got it, tell me."

"Runway A1 is now available, and the wind direction here is favorable for your landing."

"Okay." Yin Chen tried to calm himself down, turned the nose of the plane slightly, and said to Yin Hang, "Land down on runway A1."

Yin Hang cooperated with him and retracted the flaps to reduce the resistance of the aircraft, allowing the aircraft to have enough performance to fly to the other side of the runway.

The runway in sight is getting closer and closer, and the moment of landing is the most critical part of landing.

Yin Chen couldn't help biting his lip.He was nervous, but he still tried his best to restrain himself and remain calm.He looked at Yin Hang and said, "Get ready to land."

Yin Chen maintained the speed of the plane, slammed on the rudder, and aligned the nose of the plane with the centerline of the runway.He put the throttle back to the idle position, and then began to step on the reverse rudder.

The moment it landed, the fuselage trembled violently. Yin Chen stepped on the brakes to decelerate rapidly. After sliding for a certain distance, the plane stopped firmly on the runway.

Yin Chen hugged Yin Hang beside him, and let out a long sigh of relief.

Alden's reassuring voice came from the earphone again, "Nice Landing."

The two got off the plane one after another, and the students who were watching at the side immediately surrounded them and asked him about the situation on the plane.Behind the crowd, Alden was watching Yin Chen with a gentle smile on his face.He walked over slowly and patted Yin Chen on the shoulder.

When the man's hand touched him, Yin Chen felt that his strong disguise was broken. He hugged him and rested his head on his solid shoulder.

Alden found the person in his arms trembling, so he took his hand.

Yin Chen's hands were covered with cold sweat.

"It's all over, you're doing well," Alden said softly.Just now, he had seen in Yin Chen the qualities that a quasi-pilot should have.

Yin Chen raised his head, just in time to meet Alden's gentle gaze.His heart skipped a beat, and he turned his face away in panic and said, "Thank you."

Alden saw the embarrassment on the other side's face, and a smile came into his eyes.He replied, "You're welcome."

The crew preparation room of Anhang Capital International Airport.

Mo Shaoting received the flight plan and chart for this flight, read the mission book in detail, and then filled out the preparation card and coordination card and handed them to the captain on duty.

Flying with Mo Shaoting today is the new captain who has just been poached from a foreign airline by the company. He is Chinese and his surname is Sui.He is slightly older than Mo Shaoting, slightly fat, with a very easy-going personality and always has a smile on his face.However, Mo Shaoting was flying with him for the first time after all, and he also heard that the captain of the foreign airline wanted to be very strict with the co-pilot, so he meticulously reported the weather conditions and fuel preparation plan at the destination airport to him, and waited for him to make arrangements. .

"Shaoting!" Suddenly a female voice came from behind, Mo Shaoting's heart tightened immediately, and when he looked back, it was indeed Jiang Silin.

"Jiang Si'er, you were almost late." Mo Shaoting greeted him calmly.Since sending Jiang Sirin home that day, this was the first time the two of them met face to face.Anhang's B737 flies a lot of routes, and it is really not easy for two people to be assigned to the same flight.

Jiang Silin looked at the time, "It's okay, we don't have to leave until 5 minutes away."

Captain Sui had no complaints about the interruption of the conversation, and said with a smile: "Hello, Josie."

"Hi! Harvey!" Jiang Silin noticed Captain Sui at the side and hurriedly greeted her.

Mo Shaoting was surprised, "You know each other?"

"We flew to Chengdu together yesterday." Captain Sui nodded with a smile, raised the documents in his hand, stood up, and said to Mo Shaoting and Jiang Silin, "You guys talk first, I'll do the preparations."

Mo Shaoting also got up quickly, "No Captain Sui, you sit down, I'll go."

Captain Sui patted him on the shoulder with an easy-going face, motioned him not to use it, and left.

"Harvey is really nice. He gave us something to eat when he boarded the plane yesterday." Jiang Silin laughed.

"Eat and eat, you know what to eat." Mo Shaoting choked on her.

Jiang Silin slapped Mo Shaoting pretending to be angry, then lowered her voice, gossiping: "But you know what, I heard that Captain Sui got a double endorsement license for 737 and 747. Besides Captain Sui, the company also Poached a foreign airline captain to join the B747 fleet."

Because the civil aviation industry in foreign countries developed early and the training system is mature, the captains of foreign airlines are very skilled, and their benefits are higher than those of domestic companies.In addition, the training of captains requires the company to invest a lot of money. Therefore, in order to prevent the captains from being poached, every mature captain who quits is burdened with high liquidated damages.Anhang poached two mature captains for the B747 fleet at one time, which can be described as a shocking generosity.

"But why B747?" Mo Shaoting felt a little strange.

As far as the B747-400 owned by the company is concerned, it is an old model.In addition, the B747 is a large passenger aircraft, and there are not many airports that can stop on domestic routes.Although international routes are commonly used, the main positions of Anhang are in China, and foreign routes are not the director of Anhang.Moreover, the B747 has a large net weight, high fuel consumption, and few licensed captains. Most civil aviation companies that want to develop international routes tend to choose the B787 and B777, or the wide-body aircraft of Airbus.An Hang suddenly introduced two B747 captains with a large amount of money, which did not seem to be a rational decision, and Mo Shaoting was a little puzzled by this.

"Indeed... I'm also surprised." Jiang Silin also frowned.

"I doubt that our company's entire B747 fleet can make up enough five captains. This time, two of them will be airborne." Mo Shaoting got up and pulled Jiang Silin's box. Even low-level employees can't understand it. Let's 'make a brick with peace of mind, and move it wherever it is needed'—let's go to the machine first."

"It's poor again," Jiang Silin suddenly thought of something, and asked, "By the way, I looked at Yin Chen's circle of friends last week, and it seemed that he was modifying the model."

"is it?"

"That's right!" Jiang Silin thought about it again, and said affirmatively, "But at that time, a little sister of mine sent a shopping agent message for a day, which annoyed me by swiping my screen, so I didn't read it carefully."

Mo Shaoting paused, and asked, "Is it really going to be converted into my big Boeing?"

"Do you think it will also be 747?" Jiang Silin said.

Mo Shaoting felt that he really couldn't understand the situation now.

After the plane rose to 8000 meters, Captain Sui switched to the AO1 preset program, and the plane started to cruise automatically.Mo Shaoting applied to him and left the cockpit to go to the toilet.The beautiful No. [-] was making tea for the guests in the first-class cabin. He and she looked at each other and nodded in greeting.

Unexpectedly, not long after entering the toilet, there was a loud noise outside the door.Mo Shaoting hurriedly packed up and went out.

A passenger in the first class was talking to Jiang Silin, Mo Shaoting couldn't hear what the two were saying clearly, frowned, and walked over.

"You are the chief purser, you have to be the master!" The passenger said loudly, "The Dahongpao on your plane is fake! It doesn't smell at all!"

Jiang Silin heard the words and asked the flight attendant No. [-] to bring the tea.

When the passenger saw Mo Shaoting coming, he waved to him again, "The captain is here too, you come to judge! We spent so much money on first-class air tickets, but the tea was given to us as fake tea!"

At this time, No. [-] came with tea leaves and handed them to Jiang Silin and Mo Shaoting.

Mo Shaoting glanced at the tea leaves, smiled at the passenger and said, "Sir, it seems that you are very knowledgeable about tea."

"That is." The passenger looked proud.

"But you are probably a liberal arts student?"

The passenger was puzzled and asked: "How do you know?"

"Because the plane is flying at high altitude, the air pressure outside the cabin is very low. The pressurization system in the cabin will pressurize, but the air pressure in the cabin at this time is only equivalent to the pressure at an altitude of 8000 feet. The boiling point of water is only 90 degrees, and Dahongpao needs to It is brewed with boiling water at 98 degrees, so no matter how the No. [-] tea is roasted, the best tea will not be as mellow as the ground."

"I hope my answer has solved your problem," Gentleman Mo Shaoting nodded, "I wish you a pleasant journey."

Flight attendant No. [-] snickered and went back to the tea room with the tea.

The passenger was stunned, looking at Mo Shaoting, as if he was digesting his long speech.

Jiang Silin's mouth twitched involuntarily.

Mo Shaoting saw the smile in her eyes, blinked at her, turned and went back to the cockpit.

Two hours later, the plane arrived over Shanghai.Captain Sui switched the flight mode back to manual, handed over the control to Mo Shaoting, and gave him an OK gesture.

Seeing this, Mo Shaoting nodded, and reported to the channel: "FO Mo Shaoting is in charge of the operation, Sui and the captain PMF." Then he pressed the seat belt warning light and began to manually control the plane to descend.

After receiving the cockpit's descent notification call, Jiang Silin made the cabin broadcast, and other flight attendants also walked around the cabin one by one, checking whether the passengers had put on their seat belts one by one.

At this time, a passenger came out of the toilet, and Jiang Silin went to help her get back to her seat as soon as possible.The other flight attendants returned to their seats first, fastened their seat belts, and looked at the cabin with a smile on their faces.Everything in the cabin is in order, everyone is calmly waiting for the landing, and some stewardesses are already thinking about which store to go shopping on Nanjing Road when they arrive in Shanghai.

No one expected that at this moment, a huge turbulence suddenly hit, the entire fuselage vibrated violently up and down, and the luggage in the suitcase was shaken loudly.Jiang Silin and the passenger happened to be standing in front of the aisle of the cabin. They couldn't help them for a while, and were thrown heavily to the ceiling, and then fell to the ground.When the passenger fell, he just hit Jiang Silin.Jiang Silin moved her finger, but she didn't move any more.

Passengers in the cabin screamed.

The atmosphere in the cockpit was also very serious and tense. Mo Shaoting tried his best to calm down and continued to control the plane to land step by step.Although he was wearing a seat belt, he could clearly feel that the entire plane was experiencing a catastrophe without warning and without rules. This was exactly the turbulence in the clear sky that could not be detected by radar.

Captain Sui's face remained calm, and he picked up the calling device to broadcast live in the cabin.

The phone in the cabin rang twice, but it was the flight attendant No. [-] who answered it.

"Where's the flight attendant?" Captain Sui asked.

The trembling voice of No. [-] came through the call, "Sister Si Lin fell down and lay motionless on the ground! She seems to have passed out!"

"Where are the passengers?"

"One of the passengers fell, but it didn't appear to be a major incident."

Captain Sui frowned, but his expression was still calm, "Don't panic, we encountered clear sky turbulence, take care of the passengers and see if there are any injuries, and check Si Lin's situation as soon as the turbulence is over."

Hearing this, Mo Shaoting asked nervously, "What's wrong with Si Lin?"

"She fainted." Captain Sui didn't talk to Mo Shaoting much, and immediately started the cabin broadcast to comfort the passengers.

Mo Shaoting knew that Captain Sui was doing the work he had to do as a captain, so he stopped disturbing him.Although he was extremely anxious when he learned of Jiang Silin's accident, the only thing he could do now was to contact the control tower urgently, inform them of the situation, and apply for a priority landing.

Mo Shaoting did not control the descent rate well. Captain Sui saw his urgency, and said softly: "Xiao Mo, not only Si Lin, but the lives of all the passengers on the plane are in your hands."

"I understand." Mo Shaoting adjusted his mentality and continued to land according to the tower's instructions.

Finally, under the coordination of the control tower, the flight landed on the runway first. As soon as it taxied out of the runway, the ambulance drove over.

Mo Shaoting followed the medical staff to send the passenger and Jiang Silin to a hospital near the airport. She was hit hard on the head and crushed by another passenger, her forearm was broken.She was unconscious all the way, and Mo Shaoting held her hand, feeling very uncomfortable.

Suddenly, the phone received a text message from Yin Chen——

"Passed the modification theory test! Xiaohang's CPL test tomorrow! I can return to Beijing to resume my job next week!"

Mo Shaoting was in a hurry and didn't have the time to reply him, so he just turned it off after glancing at him.

Volume Two