Chapter 1436: Visit Qingyun Island
The airport on Qingyun Island is not open to the public, and occasionally one or two planes carrying personnel or supply-based aircraft take off and land here.
However, the facilities of the airport on the island are very advanced, and even support three types of blind landings. In other words, the aircraft can theoretically land directly in the autonomous driving mode, and there is no need for manual operation throughout the whole process.
Airports that support the third-class blind landing are generally more advanced airports, and in China there are only a few hub airports that have such conditions. Of course, because the take-off and landing stages are relatively complicated, most pilots will choose to operate the landing manually. Even if the airport supports the third-class blind landing, few people will use this function.
In fact, the Huaxia Civil Aviation Management Department has relevant regulations that pilots must operate manually when landing, which is to avoid problems with autonomous driving and blind landing guidance during the landing stage or other unexpected situations, and the pilots have no time to deal with it. After all, the altitude and speed of the aircraft during the landing stage are relatively low. If there is a real accident, the space for emergency treatment is very small.
Captain Liu An also chose to leave the autonomous driving when deciding on the altitude and land manually.
The weather today is very good, the ground is calm and visibility is very high. Such a landing is a piece of cake for the experienced Captain Liu An.
The plane landed very smoothly on the runway of Qingyun Island Airport. Xia Rufei and Liu Kuan, who were sitting in the cabin, just felt the plane slight shock. There was almost no bump in the entire landing process, and the plane had already taxied at high speed on the runway.
Under the action of reverse thrust and automatic braking, the aircraft's speed quickly dropped and soon left the runway from the nearby exit.
There is only one plane of Taoyuan in the entire airport. The airport also sent a guide car to lead the way in front and took the Taoyuan to dock.
In fact, Xia Rufei felt that there was no need for this at all, because the airport itself was very small and there were no complicated taxiways. With no other aircraft, the taxiing process after landing could no longer be simple.
After the plane stopped and shut down, the flight attendant quickly opened the cabin door and lowered the gangway, then got off the plane and stood next to the gangway; the captain Liu An also came out of the cockpit and got off to wait by the plane.
Xia Rufei and Liu Kuan got up and walked to the cabin door. With Liu Kuan's efforts to persuade him, Xia Rufei took the lead in stepping out of the cabin door.
He was a little surprised to see that a red carpet was actually laid on the apron, extending from the gangway. At the end of the red carpet were three cars, two black Mercedes-Benz cars, and one was the Toyota Alpha business car that Xia Rufei was very familiar with. Several big men in black suits and sunglasses were standing next to the car waiting.
Next to the gangway, in addition to Captain Liu An and the flight attendant who got off the plane in advance, there were five or six men in suits and ties standing. Except for a middle-aged man with brown skin, who looked like a local, the others were all Chinese faces.
The leader was 45 or 46 years old and had a slightly fat figure. Maybe because he worked here for a long time, his skin was a little dark. In addition, a strand of hair from the "local support center" fluttered in the sea breeze, which looked a bit funny.
The middle-aged bald man was stunned when he saw Xia Rufei who got off the plane first, and then he reacted. He quickly took two steps forward and enthusiastically stretched out his hands and said, "Hello! Welcome to Qingyun Island! I am Liu Qingfeng, the general manager of the Qingyun Island project."
"Hello, Mr. Liu." Xia Ruofei and Liu Qingfeng shook hands gently and said lightly.
Liu Kuan, who followed Xia Rufei off the plane, spoke, "Qingfeng, this is Chairman Xia Rufei of Taoyuan Company. Just call him Mr. Xia."
"Yes, Uncle Kuan!" Liu Qingfeng said respectfully, and then said hello to Xia Ruofei again, "Mr. Xia, welcome! Welcome!"
Although he had received a simple notice from the family in advance, Liu Qingfeng had already seen that the protagonist this time was obviously not the respected Liu Kuan, but the young man in his twenties in front of him.
Although in Liu Qingfeng's opinion, the identity of the chairman of Taoyuan Company is completely different from that of a wealthy family like the Liu family, how could he, a small project leader, be neglected by someone who can be treated so politely by Liu Kuan!
Several people behind Liu Qingfeng also came forward, Xia Ruofei shook hands with them one by one, while Liu Qingfeng was responsible for the introduction.
These people are responsible for a certain aspect of work in the huge project of Qingyun Island. Unexpectedly, they are all Chinese, and they should be elites of the Liu family.
There is also a middle-aged man with a brown race named Bainirati. He is a local from Bonaut. He joined the construction project of Qingyun Island eight years ago, mainly responsible for coordinating various relationships. Of course, as Qingyun Island's own defense becomes stronger and stronger, some local forces in Bonaut no longer dare to covet Qingyun Island, and there are fewer and fewer things that need coordination and settlement. Therefore, in the past two years, Bainirati's work focus is mainly on material procurement, worker recruitment, etc.
After all, here is alone overseas. If all the materials required are transported from China, the cost will be much higher. Therefore, if conditions permit, those who can purchase nearby will purchase nearby, including some building materials. As long as the technical standards meet the requirements, they will be purchased locally.
In addition to some core projects that need to be kept confidential, such a large island also requires a lot of workers to build construction everywhere. The local natives' salaries are much lower than those of domestic workers, so this project also recruits a large number of local workers.
Of course, these workers are restricted areas of activity, and some core areas involving island defense are prohibited from approaching.
Bainirati now focuses a lot of energy on managing these workers.
Speaking of which, he is also one of the few real power figures in the Qingyun Island construction project.
After the simple welcome ceremony, Liu Qingfeng enthusiastically led the way and asked Xia Rufei and Liu Kuan to get on the bus at the not-far parking area.
The group walked to the front of the car on the red carpet. Xia Rufei and Liu Kuan were naturally riding in the Toyota Alpha, and Liu Qingfeng also got into the co-pilot position of the car, while the senior executives of several other projects took the remaining two Mercedes-Benz cars respectively.
"Brother Liu, please arrange my crew. They have just passed a long flight and need a rest." Xia Ruofei said.
"Don't worry, Mr. Xia, I have already given instructions and they will make arrangements." Liu Kuan said.
"In addition, the plane needs to be replenished, so Qingyundao Airport should have some reserves, right?" Xia Ruofei said, "How much should it be? I'll settle it back."
Liu Kuan quickly said, "You are our distinguished guest. It is normal for the plane to add some aviation fuel to the plane. How can you pay for it? Besides, didn't I take the plane too? Then do I have to give you the air ticket money?"
Xia Ruofei smiled and said, "Brother Liu, you are not young anymore. The noise on the helicopter is so loud, and there is strong wind and the stability is not good. Don't go up and make trouble. I will fly around the island twice and take a look and get off!"
Liu Kuan thought about it and felt that what Xia Rufei said made sense, so he nodded and said, "Mr. Xia, then I'll be lazy. I'll wait for you below. Qingfeng has prepared a welcome banquet. You can come back as soon as possible after you are optimistic!"
"Okay!" Xia Ruofei said with a smile.
Soon, Liu Qingfeng had someone ready the helicopter, and the pilot was also a Chinese.
This is not a small tourist helicopter, but a super jaguar. I think this plane, which costs over 100 million yuan in Chinese coins, also usually undertakes the task of transporting personnel and materials.
Xia Rufei boarded the plane. For the sake of observation convenience, he sat next to the helicopter pilot, put on his headphones quickly and waved to Liu Kuan, Liu Qingfeng and others in the distance.
Chapter completed!