Legendary Captain

Twenty years ago, everyone in the civil aviation industry felt that the emergence of Xu Qing was already a testament to the accumulated good fortune of China's civil aviation industry over the past decades, and that there would likely not be another Xu Qing in the near future.

However, not long after Xu Qing retired, Kunlong Airlines, an unknown airline in Northeast China, suddenly rose to prominence. The reason for this was that the company produced a remarkable man who was comparable to Xu Qing.

He is none other than Han Qi, hailed as the greatest pilot in the past twenty years since Xu Qing, and the only true god in the civil aviation industry!

If Xu Qing's most well-known special situation handling was the "2.19" incident, which marked his peak upon debut, then Han Qi's most famous incident was the "Spiral" incident.

Due to an autopilot malfunction, the aircraft unexpectedly entered a spin, plummeting nearly 10,000 feet in just one minute. Han Qi managed to recover the aircraft from the spin. However, the immense load during the spin caused severe damage to the airframe, completely paralyzing the operational systems.

Han Qi managed to make an emergency landing on the badly damaged plane using only two throttle levers, a feat comparable to Xu Qing's February 2.19th incident.

Han Qi's experience is almost a carbon copy of Xu Qing's; in terms of personal achievements alone, the two are nearly indistinguishable. However, Han Qi rose to prominence already as a captain, while Xu Qing truly reached his peak right from the start, handling the February 2.19th incident while still a first officer. This makes Xu Qing's story even more legendary. This is perhaps the only area where Han Qi falls short compared to Xu Qing.

However, Xu Qing is now largely out of the civil aviation industry, at least on the surface. Meanwhile, Han Qi, though not flying much anymore, remains active in the field. Given this shift in power, it's safe to say that Han Qi is now the leading figure in China's civil aviation industry.

Whether it's his title as the first person in civil aviation or his debate with Xu Qing about his historical status, Han Qi's name is highly topical.

If Han Qi decides to attend this airline exchange meeting, it won't be something that can be dealt with casually. Furthermore, given her recent restless nature, Ye Jing feels it's time to meet this leading figure in civil aviation.

"By the way, where's Ye Ling? Didn't I tell you to take care of her? Why haven't I seen her for the past two days?" Ye Jing asked.

Ye Jing and her husband have a son and a daughter. The son takes his surname, while the daughter inherits her mother's surname. Her son has his own career, so Ye Jing hopes that her daughter, Ye Ling, will continue his career. Therefore, she asked her assistant to help Ye Ling familiarize herself with the work of the magazine.

But Ye Jing couldn't help but worry because she hadn't seen her daughter for the past two days.

The assistant explained, "It seems Ye Ling has a fan meetup coming up recently, so she asked me for a few days off."

When Ye Jing entrusted Ye Ling to her, she made it clear that it was an experiential teaching method and that it should not be too strict, which is why she granted Ye Ling a vacation.

But it seems that Ye Ling didn't inform Ye Jing!

"An offline gathering? Where to go? Is it safe?" Ye Jing asked.

"They went to Dianyun, with the youngest daughter of the Wang family. They held a fan gathering here once before, which I attended. It was just a gathering of a few young girls, so it should be fine. This time, it's Dianyun's turn to host. Her name is Lianshanxue, a female pilot recently recruited by Xingyou Airlines. Her background is definitely solid," the assistant said.

"That's good!" Thinking of the youngest daughter of the Wang family's skills, Ye Jing felt a little relieved. However, Ye Ling's departure to Yunnan without even saying goodbye made her feel quite disappointed.

Now that his children are grown up, they all have their own independent thoughts and have moved out. To find out his daughter's whereabouts, he has to go through his assistant, which is undeniably a sad situation.

"By the way, is there any news from Xu Qing?" Ye Jing asked.

Assistant: "Recently, Qingyuan Group held a ceremony to establish a commercial aircraft company, and there are rumors that Xu Qing will attend."

"A commercial aircraft company? Haven't they learned their lesson from the X10? Does Qingyuan Group really want to develop a new type of large passenger aircraft?" Ye Jing wasn't very optimistic about Qingyuan Group's development of a new large passenger aircraft. The investment was simply too huge, and with so much money poured in, whether it would even make a splash was another matter. In fact, during the experimental X10's night flight test, a serious problem occurred, almost resulting in a crash and loss of life. In that accident, Xu Qing almost lost hearing in his right ear, and suffered severe frostbite on one arm, which he still can't exert much force for extended periods.

The failure of the X10 experimental aircraft caused many investors to lose everything. Among them, Kunlong Group sold almost all of its assets to barely cover the losses, leaving only a small subsidiary airline with only five aircraft struggling to survive.

Around the time of the collapse of the Kunlong Group, its subsidiary Kunlong Airlines hired a captain named Han Qi. From then on, Han Qi seemed to undergo a complete transformation, single-handedly carrying the entire Kunlong Airlines. He transformed this last remaining member of the Kunlong Group into a dominant force in the civil aviation industry in Northeast China.

Even though Kunlong Airlines is now the undisputed leader in Northeast China, and Han Qi is currently the top figure in civil aviation, the entire airline still suffered a lot in the period immediately after Han Qi was appointed as a captain. The root of all this was the disastrous failure of Qingyuan Group's X10 project.

Therefore, Han Qi has expressed his dissatisfaction with Xu Qing in public on more than one occasion, even stating bluntly that Xu Qing's professional career ended in disgrace.

The public's perception of Xu Qing's retirement is limited to a single illegal landing during his time with Xingfei Aviation. What truly ended Xu Qing's flying career was the X10 project.

This matter was a closely guarded secret within the circle, and everyone who knew the inside story kept it a secret. Even Han Qi, who had a strong grudge against Xu Qing, only uttered this vague remark and then fell silent.

Ye Jing originally thought that Qingyuan Group, having suffered a great loss with the X10 project, would give up the idea of ​​developing a new aircraft. Unexpectedly, Qingyuan Group went even further and even established a separate company.

The fact that Xu Qing was sent to support the project suggests that the financial pressure of developing the new aircraft is becoming unbearable for Qingyuan Group, and they need to bring in external assistance.

However, the failure of the X10 project made Ye Jing pessimistic about Qingyuan Group's plans. At the same time, Qingyuan Group seemed to have chosen the wrong direction. In the relatively closed world of civil aviation, how could outside capital easily intervene? All the capital that initially invested in X10 had civil aviation backgrounds, yet Qingyuan Group ignored the upcoming major gathering of major domestic airlines, instead attending the founding ceremony of some commercial aircraft company – truly putting the cart before the horse!

"It seems even the ever-calculating Mei Tingting has made a mistake this time!"