Legendary Captain

Chapter 284 The One True God (Part 1) (Bonus Chapter 17)

"Single wheel grounding? You mean you only ground the left main landing gear?" At this moment, Lu Xinyu felt as if he had opened up a new world. This is actually possible?

No wonder Xu Qing told him not to lower the landing gear handle. There is only one landing gear handle, which controls all three landing gears. If the landing gear handle is lowered, then the nose landing gear and both main landing gears will all be lowered, which obviously does not meet Xu Qing's requirements.

Xu Qing only needed the left main landing gear, so he had to find a different way to deploy it.

Manually deploying the landing gear allows for the deployment of the nose landing gear and both main landing gears one at a time. In other words, it is possible to deploy only the left main landing gear manually.

However, manual deployment of the landing gear is usually only used when the hydraulic system A fails, so Xu Qing's use of manual deployment of the landing gear is not the right timing.

However, the plane's current situation doesn't seem quite right either.

Seeing that time was running out, Xu Qing shouted sternly, "Lu Xinyu, do you still want to live? If you do, then follow my orders and don't ask why!"

The situation is already extremely critical, and if he were to explain his thoughts in detail, it would take a lot of time, but what they lack most right now is time!

Lu Xinyu's heart skipped a beat: "Okay, I won't ask. Mr. Xu, whatever you say, I'll do!"

Inside the lounge, Xu Qing's words about continuing to land were heard by everyone present without missing a single one.

"He's going to land again?" Cheng Guangyu murmured incredulously, his gaze instinctively shifting to Xu Xian beside him. To be honest, Cheng Guangyu had no idea what Xu Qing was up to.

It's obvious that his way of thinking is different from Xu Qing's, so he can only belong to the same type of person as him. Xu Xian is undoubtedly the same type of guy as Xu Qing, and perhaps with their unique way of thinking, they can really figure out Xu Qing's intentions.

As Xu Xian was pondering this, he suddenly felt a hesitant gaze upon him and immediately said unhappily, "Director Cheng, what kind of look is that?"

"What does Xu Qing want to do?" Cheng Guangyu said quietly, his eyes gleaming like those of a wolf that hadn't eaten for days.

Xu Xian felt a chill run down his spine. He glanced at Mei Tingting, who was staring intently and expressionlessly in the direction of the five-sided bridge. After a moment's hesitation, he pulled Cheng Guangyu to a corner, keeping a distance from Mei Tingting.

"What's so secretive about it?" Cheng Guangyu asked, puzzled.

Xu Xian and Xu Qing are both people whose minds are full of crazy actions. If this situation were with someone else, they would probably just ignore everything and go for a second flight, regardless of whether there are drones in the second flight path.

Anyway, if it lands, it will hit the patrol car; if it goes back to flight, it will hit the drone. Even if there are more drones, other people will still subconsciously choose to hit the drone.

If you're lucky, the drone won't hit the engine or windshield, or if it hits the engine but doesn't stop, or if it hits the windshield but doesn't break, then you've escaped death and survived.

However, based on the density of drones that Xu Xian visually observed, the impact of colliding with a swarm of drones and colliding with a patrol vehicle would probably be about the same. If someone could actually survive colliding with a swarm of drones, they wouldn't need to be a pilot anymore; they'd be better off buying lottery tickets.

Although the probability is extremely low, there is still a chance of survival, right? After all, if it were someone else, they wouldn't have a better choice. Lu Xinyu, who thought of a low-altitude flyby, is already considered one of the faster thinkers among the "others".

However, whether it's a direct go-around, a head-on collision with a swarm of drones, or a low-altitude flyby, all these choices leave one's fate to destiny. Whether one survives or not depends entirely on fate, and has little to do with oneself. The biggest difference between Xu Xian and Xu Qing and these "others" who resign themselves to fate is that they consistently try to take their destiny into their own hands.

Xu Xian couldn't hear the conversation between Xu Qing and Lu Xinyu inside the cockpit, but based on his intuition, he wondered what he would do if he were Xu Qing.

"Do you see the patrol vehicle? It's slightly to the right of the middle," Xu Xian said, pointing to the patrol vehicle parked on the runway.

The patrol vehicle was originally in the middle of the runway, but in order to pick up beverage bottles, the driver turned slightly to the left to save walking distance. So, in the direction of the approaching aircraft, the patrol vehicle was parked slightly to the right of the middle.

This was originally just an unintentional act by the driver to save effort, but it became Xu Qing's only chance to survive.

"Hamchi Airport's runway is quite wide; even using only half of it, a landing is still barely possible," Xu Xian said, before Cheng Guangyu abruptly interrupted him: "Barely possible? Are you kidding me? When did you start speaking so subtly?"

Hamchi Airport is specifically designed for business jets. Most business jets are much smaller than large passenger aircraft like the 737. Hamchi Airport was certainly designed with the needs of relatively smaller business jets in mind.

That's right. For business jets, Hamchi International Airport's runway is indeed long and wide, and they can land even with only half of the runway. But for large passenger planes like the 737, landing with only half the runway is extremely difficult, literally, literally difficult.

Often, "barely" can be directly equated with "not good enough".

Furthermore, it should be noted that the aircraft is currently in a state of single-engine and flap asymmetry, and in the short term, at least before landing, it is simply unable to restart the shut-down engine. This means that the aircraft is extremely unstable in roll control.

Yes, Xu Qing's skills are indeed quite solid, but no matter how solid they are, he's still human. A truly rational person needs to acknowledge human limitations; some things can indeed exceed human limits.

In the Kunyang River emergency landing incident, Xu Xian's plane experienced a dual engine failure. Although there was no power, there was no yaw moment due to roll, making directional control much better than in a single-engine situation with asymmetrical flaps.

It was under these conditions, where there was no deflection torque, that Xu Xian was able to achieve a landing accuracy within half a meter. But if Xu Xian were to use a single-engine aircraft with asymmetrical flaps, could he still achieve such a precise landing?

Indeed, Xu Qing's abilities could potentially create a miracle, but there's also a significant probability of failure, which is fundamentally uncontrollable. Therefore, from Cheng Guangyu's perspective, Xu Qing probably wouldn't choose this method; what's the difference between that and directly attacking a swarm of drones?

"If the plane lands normally, it will definitely be difficult to control, but if we choose the single..." Xu Xian said, his gaze suddenly falling on the plane in the sky, his voice abruptly stopping. He patted Cheng Guangyu and pointed to the plane's location in the sky: "See, he thinks the same way I do!"

"Same?" Cheng Guangyu turned around, his gaze quickly following Xu Xian's direction, focusing on the five-sided aircraft.

"What's wrong?" Cheng Guangyu didn't see the problem at first, but he quickly noticed the difference: "What's going on with the landing gear? Why is there only one?"

"There should only be one!" Xu Xian said with burning eyes.

Although one can roughly understand what Xu Qing is going to do in a moment, the difficulty of this operation is equally thrilling!

On the plane, Lu Xinyu had just pulled down the manual landing gear release handle for the left main landing gear. The landing gear indicator light showed that the left landing gear had been lowered and was displaying a green light.

"Left landing gear, lower the green light!" Lu Xinyu reported.

"Now, you can initiate the flight yourself, and I'll take over the controls. Is that alright?" Xu Qing asked. "Given the emergency, can you complete it entirely from memory?"

Xu Qing's attention was now almost entirely focused on piloting the aircraft, leaving him with no energy to spare for in-flight restarts. Moreover, in Xu Qing's view, given Lu Xinyu's rank, independently performing an in-flight engine restart shouldn't be difficult, and he probably wouldn't even need to refer to a checklist.

Normally, Lu Xinyu is the chief pilot. Even though the engine in-flight start checklist is not a memorized item, he should still be able to complete it from memory.

Of course, that's the usual practice, but just in case, Xu Qing still wanted to ask Lu Xinyu. If Lu Xinyu indicated that he couldn't complete the mid-air start entirely from memory, he would have to devote some of his energy to verbally describing the steps for the mid-air start, so that Lu Xinyu could follow his instructions.

Aircraft operation is already extremely energy-consuming, and if Xu Qing also needs to divert his energy to guide Lu Xinyu in completing the in-flight start-up project, then the pressure on him will be too great.

There is a threshold to human stress, and even Xu Qing is not immune. If this threshold is exceeded, the probability of making a mistake will increase dramatically. Xu Qing is unwilling to take this risk unless absolutely necessary.

Starting the No. 2 engine is of utmost importance and must be done quickly.

Fortunately, the worst-case scenario that Xu Qing feared did not occur, and Lu Xinyu immediately replied, "I can do it from memory!"

That's the confidence a chief pilot should have. Xu Qing added a final confirmation: "And are you sure there won't be any mistakes?"

Engine number two was shut down earlier for the performance purposes; the engine itself is perfectly fine. This means that as long as the in-flight restart procedure is correct, the success rate of an in-flight restart is essentially 100%.

The restart of engine number two is crucial for the subsequent go-around maneuver, and Xu Qing absolutely does not want to see a restart failure caused by problems with the in-flight restart procedure.

They only have one chance to start. If they fail to start, even if they manage to get past the patrol vehicle, there is still a high chance they will run off the runway.

Xu Qing needed to get a definite answer from Lu Xinyu, a definite answer that was absolutely certain.

If Lu Xinyu hesitated even for a moment, Xu Qing might as well have guided him through the in-flight start-up procedure himself.

"No, absolutely no mistake! I may not be able to land on the ground, but surely I can launch it in mid-air?" Lu Xinyu practically patted his chest as he assured him.

Lu Xinyu knew he was incapable of landing in this state; the difficulty level was far too high. However, questioning his ability to start an engine in mid-air from memory felt like an insult. He was, after all, the chief pilot of Star Travel Airlines; if he couldn't even handle something this simple, what kind of chief pilot was he?

Xu Qing glanced at Lu Xinyu's face out of the corner of her eye, and finally uttered a single, forceful word: "Okay!"

"You complete the in-flight start-up procedure yourself; don't worry about me. I'll handle the landing, you handle the in-flight start-up. We'll divide the work and absolutely not interfere with each other." Xu Qing gave his final instructions: "Remind me immediately once the engine has started!"

Lu Xinyu pursed her lips and nodded firmly.

Xu Qing narrowed his eyes as he watched the track draw closer. "Then let's begin!"

On the aprons on both sides of the runway, many reporters noticed that the security personnel who had gone to push the vehicle had also withdrawn, leaving the patrol vehicle sitting alone on the runway, unattended.

"Brother, how are we supposed to land if the patrol car is just parked on the runway like this?" an intern reporter asked the veteran reporter next to him, puzzled.

The veteran reporter glanced at the planes on the fifth wing: "I'm afraid there's no way out! At this rate, the planes definitely won't land. The control tower should be directing a go-around, right?"

The intern reporter glanced at the plane's location, then at the swarm of drones above the runway, and pointed, asking, "Won't these cause any problems?"

The old reporter scoffed, "Who knows? They're all a bunch of unruly bastards!"

The veteran reporter also needed a drone control device, but he kept the drone in its original position, never daring to move it any further. He hadn't received a clear notification from the airport about clearing the airspace above the runway, even though a large group of people were already flying drones over the runway, but he refused to follow suit.

"I see all those drones over there, so the ban must have been lifted already, we're just not aware of it yet," the intern reporter said with an awkward laugh. However, he quickly noticed a problem: "Dude, the planes aren't flying very high anymore, why aren't they taking off again? What are they waiting for?"

If someone were still trying to move the vehicle off the runway, then the plane continuing its descent might be understandable. However, it's clearly a case of "laissez-faire" now. The crew in the air should have a clear view of the situation. Even if the control tower doesn't instruct them to go around the runway, shouldn't the crew have proactively suggested it? What's the point of continuing to descend?

Can't do ultra-low-altitude leveling anymore? How about switching to a single-engine zero-altitude go-around? Are pilots these days really that fancy?

After the intern reporter's explanation, even the veteran reporter was a bit confused: "Perhaps, perhaps our estimation was wrong. Actually, the plane's altitude was quite... never mind, I have no idea what they're trying to do?"

Suddenly, the security personnel in front of the two reporters seemed to receive some instructions and began to drive away the spectators on both sides of the runway.

"Hey bro, what's going on? Something happened?" The veteran reporter was quite cooperative with the security personnel, and even had the leisure to ask what had happened.

The security personnel themselves weren't entirely sure either, and could only vaguely explain, "I don't know either, the higher-ups just told us to increase the safe distance."

Hundreds of security personnel were divided into two lines to push the spectators back, in order to increase the distance between the spectators and the track.

Some people are cooperative, while others are not. If there's a car parked on the runway, the plane will definitely have to go around, so why move back? What if someone else takes the good spot you secured? Low-altitude leveling is a delicate maneuver that takes a split second; if it's moved too far, wouldn't it be a pointless spectacle?

The organizers originally planned to have the observers keep a greater distance, just in case. However, they couldn't very well announce over the loudspeaker that the plane would continue to land and that they would not be responsible for any incidents that threatened lives.

Saying such things could indeed encourage spectators to leave the vicinity of the track. However, it could easily cause panic, and what if this panic leads to disorder and a stampede?

Therefore, the organizers notified security personnel on the grounds of increasing the safe distance, in order to disperse the spectators in a relatively peaceful manner.

However, the organizers clearly overestimated the cooperation of the spectators. This unjustified increase in social distancing sparked discontent among many, who refused to cooperate.

The original intention was to remove the observers while maintaining order, but in reality, it resulted in a conflict between the observers and security personnel. Some people obediently stepped back, while others stayed behind and argued with the security personnel.

This turn of events was completely unexpected by the organizers, but there's no time for them to sort out the complexities now, because the plane has already arrived.

The intern reporter, who had followed the security personnel's instructions, was walking backward when he suddenly heard a commotion behind him. He instinctively turned around and saw that the people who had been arguing with the security personnel were now running away from the runway with expressions of fear on their faces.

"What's wrong?" the intern reporter asked, puzzled.

Amidst the cacophony, the roar of the engine gradually became clearer, startling the intern reporter, who immediately turned to look around.

In the distance, the details of the aircraft were clearly visible in the air, and the roar of the engines filled the air.

The intern reporter stood frozen, muttering, "Are they going to continue landing?"

Looking at the somewhat chaotic crowd on both sides of the runway, Cheng Guangyu's face was extremely grim. The organizers' loss of control over the spectators undoubtedly exposed their incompetence. If it were any other time, he would have already questioned the organizers if the scene had been this chaotic. However, right now, all he needed to focus on was the plane that was about to land.

A glint of shrewdness flashed in Xu Xian's eyes; success or failure hinged on this moment at the touch of the ground.

Inside the cockpit, Lu Xinyu was performing the in-flight start-up procedures.

The second shot from the thrust handle has been confirmed to have been successfully fired!

Engine starter lever. Second engine confirmed to be cut off!

Component power switch right component. Confirmed off!

In this start-up, Lu Xinyu directly chose to start with air exchange rather than wind rotation, mainly because their current speed was not high enough to meet the requirements for wind rotation.

Normally, if it's a wind turbine start-up, the speed needs to exceed 300 knots, which is clearly not the case now.

In fact, Lu Xinyu omitted some textual descriptions, such as an additional note after the step of cutting off the affected engine starter handle.

The content states that engine acceleration to idle can be very slow, especially at high altitudes. Slow acceleration might be mistaken for suspension activation or engine failure. If N2 levels rise steadily and EGT remains within limits, continue the normal starting process.

This is to remind the crew to avoid misjudging that there is a problem with the engine starting in the air, since starting in the air and starting on the ground are completely different concepts.

Normally, this text description would be read aloud during a routine check-up for the Product Manager's (PF) reference. However, given the urgency of the situation, Lu Xinyu omitted this text description and proceeded directly with the startup procedure.

The minimum pipe pressure is 30 PSI. A note following this states that if the pipe pressure is insufficient, the thrust handle can be pushed forward as needed.

Because the engine was a single unit, the No. 1 engine maintained a relatively high thrust value. When Lu Xinyu checked the pipeline pressure, the pipeline pressure had reached 40, which was more than enough.

After verifying that there was sufficient pipeline pressure, Lu Xinyu hesitated for a moment before turning the starter switch of the No. 2 engine to the ground position.

At this moment, Lu Xinyu focused all his energy on the N2 index. He needed to wait until N2 was equal to or greater than 11% before putting the No. 2 engine start handle into the slow position.

Perhaps too focused on the in-flight takeoff procedures, Lu Xinyu didn't even notice that the plane was about to touch down. To accurately recreate the situation of Star Travel 6333 and to prevent the pilot from having a vertical radio altitude reference, the aircraft's electronic altimeter function had been disabled. Therefore, when Lu Xinyu subtly raised his head to look around, he was shocked to find that the plane was already above the runway, probably less than fifty feet from the ground. He could even clearly see the crowds running on either side.

The patrol vehicle parked on the runway, which was of utmost concern to Lu Xinyu, also came into his view. After briefly comparing the relative positions of the plane and the patrol vehicle, Lu Xinyu realized with despair that even with only half of the runway in use, the plane would still collide with the patrol vehicle.

Before this, Lu Xinyu had roughly guessed that Xu Qing might want to use only half the width of the runway for landing, which was consistent with Xu Xian's idea. The only difference was that Lu Xinyu couldn't understand why Xu Qing only wanted to install one left main landing gear, while Xu Xian could roughly figure it out.

Xu Qing had already pressed the touchdown point extremely close to the left side of the runway, but from Lu Xinyu's perspective, the patrol vehicle would still most likely still hit the right engine or the lower right side of the aircraft.

The runway at Hamchi Airport appeared to be narrower than he had anticipated.

"Damn it, it looks like we're going to crash again!" Cheng Guangyu said nervously.

The lounge was situated at a high vantage point, providing a clear view of the relative positions of the aircraft and the patrol vehicle. Even though Xu Qing had precisely maneuvered the aircraft to touch down on the left side of the runway, it seemed inevitable that the right engine of the aircraft would still collide with the patrol vehicle.

But if the plane veers to the left again, it will run off the runway. The left landing gear will immediately sink into the soft grass, causing it to break, which is also quite dangerous.

At that moment, it seemed that they were caught in a dilemma, unable to move forward or backward.

Cheng Guangyu had hoped that the patrol vehicle could pass under the right wingtip of the aircraft, so that the wing would at most scratch the lighting equipment on the roof of the patrol vehicle, which wouldn't be a big problem.

But reality shattered Cheng Guangyu's fantasy. The patrol vehicle was positioned directly opposite the right engine of the aircraft. If it crashed into it, wouldn't it be a disaster?

However, Xu Xian did not seem as panicked as Cheng Guangyu. Things had not yet reached the desperate situation that Cheng Guangyu thought, and there was still a glimmer of hope. However, it depended on how Xu Qing handled it.

At this moment, the control tower, the lounge, and the people looking back from a distance on both sides of the runway, as well as the scattered crowds at higher altitudes nearby, all focused their attention on the plane. They all wanted to see how it could turn the tide in such a desperate situation.

In the cockpit, Lu Xinyu, who had visually assessed that the aircraft could not safely pass the patrol vehicle, was completely distracted. Even though N2 had exceeded 11% and it was time to move the starter lever of the second engine to the idle position, Lu Xinyu seemed to have completely forgotten about it.

Inside and outside the cockpit, among the many onlookers, probably only a handful believed Xu Qing had a solution. Xu Xian already had a rough idea of ​​what Xu Qing was thinking. Mei Tingting, however, trusted him implicitly; no matter what happened, she had an instinctive belief in him.

It was obvious that Lu Xinyu was definitely not among these few people. He admired Xu Qing, but he didn't trust him completely without reason. In this situation, even Lu Xinyu had the thought that Xu Qing might have made a mistake.

Just as Lu Xinyu was lost in thought, a deep voice, like a thunderclap ripped through the sky, instantly entered Lu Xinyu's ears.

"What are you standing there for? Start the No. 2 engine with the start handle in slow motion mode!"

Lu Xinyu was startled and subconsciously looked at Xu Qing's profile, which was full of strong lines.

Xu Qing's gaze remained fixed ahead. He knew perfectly well that, given the current situation, the right engine of the plane would inevitably collide with the patrol vehicle. However, even under these circumstances, Xu Qing's facial expression remained completely unchanged. He seemed to have been born for this moment and was unmoved by it.

Xu Qing hadn't glanced at the engine indicator, but with his extensive experience in in-flight starts, he knew roughly how long it would take for N2 to rise to 11% after the engine start switch was turned to the ground position. However, after his estimated time had passed, Lu Xinyu still hadn't made any move to start the engine. At this point, Xu Qing couldn't help but remind Lu Xinyu.

Startled by the resounding reminder, Lu Xinyu felt ashamed. He quickly glanced at the DU display and, after confirming that N2 had exceeded 11%, hurriedly moved the starter lever to the slow position.

Perhaps feeling guilty for his earlier loss of composure, Lu Xinyu subconsciously wanted to explain: "Xu..."

But just as he uttered his first word, his body twitched slightly, and the plane touched down!

Xu Xian's eyes widened suddenly as he stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window in the lounge. His hands gripped the railing tightly involuntarily. Even though he seemed confident, Xu Xian was actually under immense pressure.

Having a plan and being able to complete it are not related. Even if Xu Xian personally took charge of the solution he guessed, he was not very confident. He didn't know if Xu Qing, a semi-retired "old man" who hadn't touched the steering wheel in a long time, could complete this operation with a difficulty level that was off the charts.

In the cockpit, Lu Xinyu was still reeling from the sudden landing when he was horrified to discover that Xu Qing was actually accelerating!

The plane touched down, but they were still accelerating! Did Xu Qing change his mind and now want to go around the swarm of drones over the runway? But going around now would still result in a collision with the drone swarm above the runway. Going around now would have the same outcome as before! Why bother?

Or, to put it another way, if we were to resume flights now, we would need to directly attack an entire swarm of drones, whereas if we had resumed flights earlier, we only needed to force our way through the upper swarm. Perhaps resuming flights now wouldn't be as efficient as resuming flights earlier?

However, Lu Xinyu felt that Xu Qing was not the kind of person who would contradict himself. People like Xu Qing would have already calculated the subsequent steps before doing something, and it was impossible for him to make such a low-level mistake as backing out at the last minute.

But in the end, what was Xu Qing's purpose in stepping on the gas?

From the moment Xu Qing asked him to manually lower the landing gear, he was completely unable to keep up with Xu Qing's pace and acted entirely like a tool, which was quite a blow to the proud and arrogant Lu Xinyu.

Just as Lu Xinyu was feeling dejected, he felt the plane suddenly veer sharply. He instinctively assumed it was a rightward veer caused by the asymmetry between the single engine and the flaps. But when he came to his senses, he was surprised to find that the plane wasn't veering to the right, but to the left!

After the aircraft touched down, Xu Qing not only increased the throttle slightly, but also increased the force of the left pressure plate, which caused the aircraft to begin to show a very obvious change in attitude, rolling to the left.

With this in mind, Lu Xinyu suddenly understood Xu Qing's thoughts. But why had Xu Qing repeatedly ordered the start of engine number two? Couldn't they just pass diagonally through the patrol vehicle like this?

wrong!

Lu Xinyu suddenly realized a possibility!

Just then, Xu Qing's deep voice rang out again: "Watch the second launch, start-up complete, throttle on my command!"

The sudden change in the aircraft's attitude drew gasps from the onlookers. At this moment, due to Xu Qing's left pressure plate, the left wing was depressed, with the wingtip almost touching the grass surface outside the runway, while the right wing was raised, and the engine nacelle suspended on the right wing also rose accordingly.

As the engine compartment rises, its distance from the ground gradually increases, eventually exceeding the height of the patrol vehicle's roof.

Such a thrilling and miraculous maneuver left all the onlookers speechless; they had never imagined that an aircraft could pass through a patrol vehicle unscathed.

"The plane flew diagonally over the patrol vehicle? What's the difference between that and a low-altitude flyby?" In the lounge, an airline representative couldn't help but complain.

In his view, Xu Qing's actions now involve barely passing the patrol vehicle. Low-altitude flybys also involve just skimming the roof of the patrol vehicle; what's the fundamental difference between the two?

Low-altitude flybys don't require deploying landing gear, isn't that simpler than the current operation?

The airline representative even sullenly believed that Xu Qing was just showing off his skills, because compared to a low-altitude flyby, the visual impact of passing the patrol vehicle at an angle by using a pressure plate was stronger and more likely to cause a sensation.

"Ignorant!" Xu Xian retorted coldly, "Don't you know how much thrust is needed for a low-altitude flyby? Don't you know how unstable a large thrust will cause the aircraft when using a single engine with asymmetrical flaps? If the aircraft is unstable, how can you guarantee accurate control of altitude and direction?"

"Is it okay now?" the airline representative asked stubbornly, refusing to back down.

"Hmph!" Xu Xian turned around and smiled disdainfully: "You think you're qualified to be your company representative? China Airlines really has no one left to rely on."

"With a landing gear on the ground, there's a support point, so the engine doesn't need to maintain high thrust, which reduces the aircraft's instability. The friction between the landing gear and the ground also maintains a certain degree of directional stability. And isn't it easier to make altitude corrections using the ground as a reference than to control the aircraft while hovering in the air?" Xu Xian launched a fierce attack on the China Airlines representative without reservation: "If you can maintain over 90% thrust with a single engine and asymmetrical flaps while simultaneously completing a precise low-altitude flyby, then you should become the third person in the history of Sky Eye Magazine to be featured in an independent supplement!"

Xu Xian raised his chin: "So... are you sure you can do it?"

"That's enough, Xu Xian! It's always a good thing to turn a corner and survive, don't make things too tense!" Cheng Guangyu advised.

However, Xu Xian turned towards the floor-to-ceiling window, his eyes still gleaming: "A glimmer of hope? This is far from over!"

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