Chapter 983 - 988: Hold Back
Flying an airplane is actually a skilled trade, just like driving, no matter how gifted you are, you can’t possibly pilot an aircraft right after passing a written test.
Yang Yi didn’t even know where the control stick on the airplane was, so how could he possibly fly an airplane?
Regardless, boarding an aircraft and flying it for the first time is too premature, so any person with normal intelligence would understand that Yang Yi was going to be in for a tough time.
As long as he didn’t vomit inside the aircraft it would be a victory, but if he threw up in the sky, especially inside his helmet, that spectacle would be too beautiful to behold, and Yang Yi couldn’t even bear to imagine it.
But no matter what, Yang Yi still had to muster his courage and board the plane.
In the T-6A, the front seat is for the student, and the back seat is for the instructor. At this moment, Hegelhaus stood up, leaned his body over the front instrument panel, and then said with interest, "Alright, let’s start from the very basics. This is the control stick, push it forward and the plane goes down, pull it back and we climb, this is the airspeed indicator, this is the artificial horizon, this is the fuel gauge, this is... enough, the rest of the instruments are of no use right now. Put on your helmet, we’re about to start flying."
Yang Yi took a deep breath, turned around, and asked Hegelhaus, "Did I offend you in any way, Instructor?"
Hegelhaus smiled and said, "Offend? No, not at all, everyone has their own teaching method, and mine is just like this. Now, buckle up and put on your helmet, we are about to take off."
Yang Yi wanted to say something else, but Hegelhaus smiled and said, "I’ll give you one minute to buckle up, if you don’t and your head hits the canopy, that’s your problem."
No need for further words, Yang Yi buckled his seatbelt as fast as he could, and as he was doing so, Hegelhaus closed the cockpit canopy.
The access ladder was removed, Hegelhaus started the aircraft, and by the time Yang Yi was hurriedly fastening his helmet, Hegelhaus had already begun taxiing.